For observers closely following the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell proceedings in the Senate over the past several days, it’s all been about Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Her demand to hold four days of debate and allow amendments on the Defense spending bill that included DADT repeal (and do all that after a vote on the tax cuts) essentially doomed the bill to failure, a senior Democratic aide said.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=117186