>> He said that he was surprised that the president of the Senate, Stephen Parry, let it occur. “The danger of such a strong stunt as that is that it has the opposite of the desired effect,” he said. “The fallout is stronger against than in favor.”
Methinks thou dost protest too much. Against strengthened only in the far left, which will never compromise anyways - but to the VAST majority of reasoning and thinking people, it is an extremely useful and resounding call to wake the hell up.