 Boehner continued his strong army. They were one vote short. It boiled down to the fact that this vote was so hideous, so wrong, that they simply could not get the votes. One of my best friends in Congress, Steve LaTourette, took a bullet for me on this to move the bill along. He told him to back off on me, and he would help through the process in the House, but not necessarily if or when the vote came back from the Senate.