Senator Jim Webb speaks for me (UPDATED)

Via Politico:

In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process. It is vital that we restore the respect of the American people in our system of government and in our leaders. To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated.

Can I get an amen?

Crossposted(*).

UPDATE: Barney Frank, yes, Barney Frank, rings the same bell:

"I have two reactions to the election in Massachusetts. One, I am disappointed. Two, I feel strongly that the Democratic majority in congress must respect the process and make no effort to bypass the electoral results. If Martha Coakley had won, I believe we could have worked out a reasonable compromise between the House and Senate health care bills. But since Scott Brown has won and the Republicans now have 41 votes in the senate, that approach is no longer appropriate. I am hopeful that some Republican senators will be willing to discuss a revised version of health care reform. Because I do not think that the country would be well served by the health care status quo. But our respect for democratic procedures must rule out any effort to pass a health care bill as if the Massachusetts election had not happened. Going forward, I hope there will be a serious effort to change the senate rule which means that 59 are not enough to pass major legislation, but those are the rules by which the health care bill was considered, and it would be wrong to change them in the middle of this process."

Comments

[Instinct]

Gee, you would almost think they are scared or something

[tim aka The Godless Heathen]

Barney, a real tea bagger, may sound kike he’s ringing the same bell but it has a very different tone.

“Going forward, I hope there will be a serious effort to change the senate rule which means that 59 are not enough to pass major legislation”

Does that statement bother anyone else?

(I'm back, I've got the internet, for now...heavy sigh)