So now

The democrats have no interest in working this out. They have already been burned supporting this turkey. They can just step back, say "we tried" and let the chips fall.

I got a phone call. I said "the best thing to have been "in in congress", was on the losing side of that bet." It was a Winner really Loses situation... Whoever won actually lost, because they got their way and it was not going to turn out well.