Reply #9: If that is the case, we can't expect him to have foreseen this. Also, why did Reid allow it to come...

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It is kind of ringing a distant bell somewhere in my brain, that he (Reid) originally said he wouldn't let this come to a vote...why then would he let it come to one?

If Obama had no idea it was coming, I don't think we can fault him for that.

I never like the argument that casting a vote wouldn't have changed an outcome, that doesn't justify skipping an important vote.
A vote on the record is how we review them, and it's their job.

I'll wait to hear more from both Obama and Reid before I make any judgments.