Last week I wrote about Gov. Haslem of Tennessee vetoing the bill that would make the bible the state book of Tennessee. In that post I said:

…all it would take to override his veto is a simple majority. While the governor showed the minimal wisdom one would expect from a governmental leader, it’s unlikely enough Republicans in Tennessee will possess the same baseline amount of integrity.

Boy, what a great time to be wrong! It turns out that the legislature failed to override Gov. Haslem’s veto:

Tennessee lawmakers today failed to override Republican Gov. Bill Haslam‘s veto of a bill that would have made Tennessee the first state to adopt the Bible as its official book. Forty-three House members voted in favor of the bill, but supporters needed 50 to meet the threshold of the 99-member chamber. Both the House and Senate would need to a majority vote for the bill to become law. The Senate has not voted on the governor’s veto, but had approved the bill 19-8 earlier this month.

Woo hoo!