Reply #68: No, it's not ridiculous... it's problematic..

[Tellurian]

A statement has been posed with proof to verify an assertion. I'm sure this will be picked up and examined by others as to the
viability of the assertion. Perhaps someone will ask Obama for clarification of his statement. It certainly does cast a question mark as to why Obama clearly states in the video, had it been an up or down vote he would have voted "nay" with Sen Durbin...knowing full well it was a Roll Call vote, where each senator explains their vote.

Where Obama chose to give a subjective answer rather than a plain "yes" or "no" to a direct question...my conclusion naturally is from a subjective point of view in line with his subjective response. The give away is, Obama was aware of how Sen Durbin voted, yet he added the caveat, if it were an up or down vote, he would have voted with Durbin..It wasn't. It was a Roll Call Vote, where each senator has an oral vote that is recorded. The obvious conclusion is if it was an oral vote he would have voted "Yea"..