by the way, Stupak’s office is having a bad day.

any attempt to ask a question about the amendment is literally met with screams from the woman answering the phone. i know, because it just happened to me. She screamed at me almost as soon as the words "i have a question about the Stupak Amendment" came out of my mouth. And then she tried to shout me down before hanging up on me, and to be honest, i hadn’t even rasied my voice.

So i called back, tried to calm her down, and said that I’d gotten conflicting information. she refused to let me speak to a legislative aide, refused to put me through to voicemail, said she was too busy to answer ym question, and encouraged me to call back "after 5:30″, which is of course when the office is closed.

just to give you an idea of what they’re dealing with, deservedly so, in DC.