Sounds dirty I know, but it's pretty tame - unless you think of Republicans as dirty. I know I do.

Anyway, here it is: assuming passage of a bill, even with a compromise, a substantial number of Republicans will still oppose the conference report. So my fantasy is that during debate over approving the report one House Democrat and one Senate Democrat take time on the floor to invite all Republicans opposed to the bill to come on down and state right then and there that they will do everything in their power to ensure that not a dime of stimulus funds is spent in his or her state/district. It's quite simple, just come down and state right there, in front of the U.S. Congress and American public, that you will not be a hypocrite and vote against the bill but utilize its funds. And let's start with you, Mssrs. Boehner and DeMint.

And if they won't, they're either chickens or liars. So which is it?