Buh-Bye, Rep. Joseph Cao
After being the only Republican to support the healthcare reform bill in November, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.) voted against it Sunday, because he felt its executive order prohibiting the federal funding of abortions–a restriction brokered by an anti-abortion Dem, Rep. Bart Stupak–was not strict enough. The bill eventually passed 219-212.
Hi? Or Bye?
Now, if activity in the Twitterverse following the bill’s passage gives us any kind of accurate temperature read on the future of freshman Congressman Cao, who hails from a highly Democratic district in NOLA…
I’d say DUDE. IS. COOKED.
[The Hill: Lone GOP 'yes' vote last time is voting 'no' this time around]
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And he wasn’t the decider last time either. Ready to serve (as a glazed squab).
Easy come, easy Cao.
Well geez if his constituents are gonna axe him for having supported the bill in the beginning, he might as well have voted for it, since his career was already over. At least then, he’d come out as more of a rebel. Dems and liberals would have more respect for him then!