Thanks for posting this! Obama supports regular people; Clinton triangulates.

The day of the vote, Bill Clinton had open heart surgery and Hillary was at the hospital with him.

That is why she didn't vote on the bankruptcy bill.

It's too bad you interpret everything as proof that Hillary is evil. She's not.

This is a very important myth about Obama. He did vote against a particular amendment that would have limited interest rates. he voted against it because he thought the limits were too high. Hillary made a point of that vote in some snippy debate awhile back. But when it came to actually voting on the bill, Hillary did not vote. And Obama voted against it.

So there. This misinformation has to be corrected.

Gee -- he should do a flyer about it!

This is a great post.

How individual congresspeople knuckle under to the financial services industry is a barometer both on whether or not they are doing the people's work, and to what degree they have been individually coopted. To me, it remarkable they got to Stabenow, that both moderate Florida senators were taken in, and that Clinton chose to sit on her hands.

Remember that no bankruptcy doesn't mean the banks get paid after foolishly or maliciously extending too much credit. But it does mean they will try to ruin the lives of these people. Will they succeed?

The next big crisis will be in student loans.

Clinton 'recovering normally' after bypass
Monday, September 6, 2004

"Former President Clinton successfully underwent a quadruple coronary artery bypass operation Monday, his doctor said."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/06/clinton.bypass/

Senate Passes Bill To Restrict Bankruptcy
Friday, March 11, 2005;

The Senate approved a measure yesterday backed by the credit card industry that would make it harder for people to wipe out debt through bankruptcy, setting a path for quick passage of the bill by the House within weeks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24940-2005Mar10.html

Clinton's surgery called success
Friday, March 11, 2005

"Former President Clinton yesterday underwent a nearly four-hour operation to remove what was described as a "thick, rubbery, plaque-like ... peel" from the surface of his left lung."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002203787_clinton11.html

Also from the Seattle Times article:

"Fluid accumulated around the base of his left lung, compressing it and reducing his breathing capacity by about 25 percent. It caused him slight discomfort while walking up hills, which he is doing as part of a post-bypass rehabilitation program. It also made him somewhat winded.

The condition was not life-threatening. His doctors diagnosed it before he went to South Asia last month with former President George H.W. Bush to meet victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami and raise money for relief efforts.

Clinton, 58, is expected to be in the hospital up to 10 days."

But then we have this:

Clinton and the Bankruptcy Law;

"In the late 1990’s, as first lady, Mrs. Clinton became deeply involved in the issue, her first real foray into legislation since the collapse of her health-care effort in 1994. She sought a private tutorial (from Elizabeth Warren) on the subject, worked behind the scenes with members of Congress, wrote public newspaper columns and spoke out against it.

She helped kill one version of it, then another version passed, which her husband vetoed. As a senator, in 2001, she voted for it, but it did not pass.

The bill popped up again 2001, which was Mrs. Clinton’s first year in the Senate. She worked with Republicans on it and was one of 36 Democrats who helped it pass the Senate, saying it had been improved from when she opposed it. Still, this version was vigorously opposed by consumer groups and unions, and ultimately did not become law."

Explaining Senator Clinton’s support for the bill in 2001, Phil Singer, a campaign spokesman, said, “She helped forge a compromise in the 2001 bill intended to ensure that custodial parents got child custody payments.” She opposed the bill later, he said, because “unfortunately, that provision was stripped from the 2005 legislation.”

The bill was always tricky for her because it divided her party as well as two opposing constituencies in New York: banking interests and the unions.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/clinton-and-the-bankruptcy-law/

It seems to me you ought to add UPDATE to your post and prominently mention why Hillary wasn't present.

Without deciding whether the BK bill was a good thing or not, I will note that NP is a standard practice used by many politicians; ask Senator Obama he used it many times during his time as a state senator for Illinois.