Reply #61: And as I have said

[mohc]

Vote 171 was a procedural vote on whether or not Jeffords motion was against the rules. It was against the rules and Edwards voted that way. On the only vote on the bill, 172, both Edwards and Kerry voted Yea. You claimed they should make an exception to the rule, well an appeal is not the way you do that. Jeffords could have made a motion for unanimous consent to recommit. Thats how exceptions to the rule are made in the Senate, but Jeffords knew a unanimous consent motion could not have passed. In reading the Senate rules, I am not even sure what happens if an appeal is upheld by Senate vote, as I believe it takes more than just a majority to suspend the rules.

Find a vote that is actually a vote on the environment, not a vote on a procedural rules. The ends to not justify the means, there are ways to get good bills passed without breaking rules.