The Monomaniacal Focus on Newness

On the fence lawmakers avoided town halls, they took a recess between the end of March when the bill failed the first time and when they came back a couple of weeks ago. I do wonder too, is it just a matter of fatigue? We had the big run up to the first vote and then it failed. And then we kept hearing these rumblings and leaks over the next month that we're almost there. We've almost got a deal and every time it seemed like they came up short.