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| Our Lady of Akita, pray for us. |
Is anyone surprised? Did anybody think the pope would have any impact with that _____ speech. (Fill in the blank with the adjective of your choice. But no profanity please.)
Only one Democrat voted for the bill -- Joe Manchin of West Virginia, my husband's home state. Good for him.
Eight Republicans voted against it: Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Dean Heller of Nevada, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Susan Collins of Maine. As far as I'm concerned, Rand Paul is off my list of presidential possibilities.
