I was thinking about the reconciliation bill yesterday and I thought of something:

We know now that the only reason the Senate bill was passed in the House is that some uneasy Congressmen were promised changes in the reconciliation bill.  And yet, Pelosi didn’t keep the Senate bill at her desk until reconciliation was passed, as some observers predicted she might.

That means that the Democrats must be very confident that bill will pass.  That is a little ironic, considering how worried they were at this time last week.  So much so that they considered using the “deem and pass” method.  Up until, apparently, the objectors’ fears were allayed by means of this reconciliation bill.

Which doesn’t really make sense, as a reconciliation bill has been in play for some time now.  So to vote on the Senate bill without certainty that reconciliation would pass seems a little strange to me, given the Democrats’ behavior last week.  Maybe it’s just my lack of knowledge of the parliamentary procedure, but I think the Democrats are played it risky by letting Obama sign the Senate bill so early.

I think that if the reconciliation bill does not pass, all those Congressmen who voted for the Senate bill on an assurance that reconciliation would become law, will be feeling pretty disgruntled.