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A few brave mastodons

Just as yesterday she made note of the 47 Democrats who, on Sunday night, betrayed the U.S. Constitution (and hence, the American people), today your blogstress celebrates the five brave Republicans who, during the House vote on a bill that yanked the Schiavo case from the jurisdiction of the Florida courts, voted in favor of the government created by the Framers: Ginny Brown-Waite (Fla.) Michael N. Castle (Del.) Charles W. Dent (Pa.) David G. Reichert (Wash.) Christopher Shays (Conn.) Most impressive among them is Mr. Shays, who seems to be getting over playing nice, calling it as he sees it. Last night on "Hardball", Shays reiterated what he told the New York Times' Adam Nagourney earlier in the week: "My party is demonstrating that they are for states' rights unless they don't like what states are doing," said Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, one of five House Republicans who voted against the bill. "This couldn't be a mo