As expected, the Senate passed its version of the healthcare takeover bill at 7:16 AM. Harry Reid, either joking, exhausted, or perhaps overcome with a brief moment of sensibility, initially voted "no" before voting "yes." Politico reports:Clearly exhausted, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid mistakenly voted no before changing his vote to yes, which got a laugh in the chamber, especially from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.After the vote, Reid joked, "I spent a very restless night last night trying to figure out how I could show some bipartisanship and I think I was able to accomplish that for a few minutes."Following the vote, the Democrat Senate leadership delivered statements for the television cameras but refused to take questions. Then, the senators rapidly headed for the airport, to travel home. Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky, wildly unpopular and not running for re-election, didn't even bother to show up, so the final vote was 60 - 39.The...(Read Full Post)