Bottom line - Pelosi allowed the healthcare debate to be highjacked & become an abortion debate [View All]

That is what she did by allowing the Stupak amendment. She did not have the guts to not pander to her group of blue dogs on this issue and apparently this was also key to getting the one Republican vote. And once again, it's the Progressives who are told to be good soldiers and let their bratty demanding DINO cohorts get their way yet again.

This has turned healthcare reform into a defacto referendum on abortion and will energize and turn-out the Republican base like nothing else could have done if the Stupak amendment is removed. It's now an offical no-win. It's hard to see how this could have been botched up more at the eleventh hour.

Edit - it's key to remember that she did not have to allow any floor amendments. (I think - please feel free as always to correct me if I am wrong)