When I say that these votes would be part of the deal, I got floored by an insight.
It occurs to me that what we have here are two additional opportunities, one in the fall, and one early next year, to remind people of the scariness of what the Republicans did to get their debt limit deal. Two more votes that we can say in all honesty are votes for the nation to default on its debts. Two more votes against the stability and the full faith and credit of America's economy. It doesn't matter that these votes will be largely symbolic, the point will be what they are symbolic of, what Republicans are doing to impress the Tea Party base.
Folks, let's get to work on this. Rather than sit around and take potshots at our own, let's start making the GOP pay for this debt deal they demanded as ransom. Let's make them sorry they ever created this fiasco. The Republicans are determined to milk this for all it's worth. Let's take ol' bessies yield for ourselves instead.