"Kim W5TIT" wrote in message
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The *issue* was not undercover, the vote was.

The secret vote was a mechanism to allow democrats to vote on the issue in a
rational fashion without getting in trouble for it among themselves. It
worked, too!

It's when they "get together" to work
things like this out that make one sigh with resignation...

- Or a sigh of relief, depending on who and where you are.

Charles Brabham, N5PVL