House conservatives: we can be bought

Well, the House has voted in favor of the Wall Street bailout, er, Main Street rescue, bill.

The big shift from Monday: House conservatives, who rejected it as too big Monday, like this even bigger bill, to which every uncovered tax cut ever proposed has been added, as well as giveaways and health provisions and wooden-arrow rebates and god knows what else.

None of which is paid for. Even if the bailout works out, this is a $300 billion addition to the federal deficit, at minimum.

Now, there are very good reasons for passing this, but they haven't changed since Monday.

So one can only assume that the rebellious conservative Republicans and blue dog Dems sent a message Monday, and the leadership answered:

"We can be bought."

"Here ya go."