Jay Rockefeller: “What I think I have a real problem with is the fact that debate honestly changes people's minds, a good debate. I think…”

“What I think I have a real problem with is the fact that debate honestly changes people's minds, a good debate. I think as a result of the debate last night on one of our amendments a number of minds were changed. In this case, where we are dealing with cable rates, where there are less than 35,000 people within the system, and those would be completely regulated, that has enormous effect. And it may be that a lot of Senators do not know that this is in that legislation. So the question I would have to the Democratic leader, is there anything inherently wrong in not trying to have the vote now but have the debate now, to try to debate this with our colleagues and then have the vote laid over until Monday? It just strikes me that in a democratic body having a debate after you have already cast your vote is not the way democracy usually works.”