Subject: Re: <i>But I don't think the Dems have the
No, the Dems were at the bargaining table because they wanted to support Ukraine, and stick it to Russia. If not for that, the Dems would never have been willing to swallow what was on offer. In fact, the Latino Caucus and some on the far left weren't willing to swallow it regardless. But they were small enough that they would have been outvoted.

And I know you keep harping on "locking in" numbers. What you don't seem to grok is that at least it was a number. Right now, the "locked-in" number is a lemniscate (i.e. infinity). The entirety of the human population could cross the border, and we can do nothing about it. "Locking in" a number less than that probably was a good idea.