The Health Care Vote: Special Thanks

Well, it looks like those special elections last week really did make a difference. Without the two "yes" votes for the Dem health care bill provided by newly sworn-in Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA 10) and Bill Owens (D-NY 23), and without the lone GOP vote for the bill, provided by Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao (R-LA 02), the bill would've gone down to defeat. It passed late 11/7 by a slim 220-215 vote.

In total, 39 Dems voted against the bill, and again, Cao was the lone GOPer to vote for it. The only non-Blue Dog-type Dem that voted against the bill was Rep. Dennis Kucinich, and he did so because the bill didn't include the single-payer option. The rest either sit in GOP-leaning CDs, or face difficult re-elections in '10.

The full list of Dem no votes, after the jump

The Dem Nos:
John Adler (NJ-03)
Jason Altmire (PA-04)
Brian Baird (WA-03)
John Barrow (GA-12)
John Boccieri (OH-16)
Dan Boren (OK-02)
Rick Boucher (VA-09)
Allen Boyd (FL-02)
Bobby Bright (AL-02)
Ben Chandler (KY-06)
Travis Childers (MS-01)
Artur Davis (AL-07)
Lincoln Davis (TN-04)
Chet Edwards (TX-17)
Bart Gordon (TN-06)
Parker Griffith (AL-05)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD-AL)
Tim Holden (PA-17)
Larry Kissell (NC-08)
Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)
Frank Kratovil (MD-01)
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
Betsy Markey (CO-04)
Jim Marshall (GA-08)
Eric Massa (NY-29)
Jim Matheson (UT-02)
Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
Michael McMahon (NY-13)
Charlie Melancon (LA-03)
Walt Minnick (ID-01)
Scott Murphy (NY-20)
Glenn Nye (VA-02)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Mike Ross (AR-04)
Heath Shuler (NC-11)
Ike Skelton (MO-04)
John Tanner (TN-08)
Gene Taylor (MS-04)
Harry Teague (NM-02)