Blue dog still has some fight in him?

“That’s not what it’s all about,” he said. “This is about health care, this is providing health care for all Americans – it’s not to see who can strike the best deal for their state. This is the wrong piece of legislation to try to do carve outs, or get an exception for your state and the rest of the country is supposed to pick up the tab.“ Mais non, mais non, it's the quintessential, paradigmatic pinko hog heaven legislation. Precisely the way it's supposed to work.

Grasping at straws.