While I agree with you on Frist's (and Goodlatte's and Kyl's) motivation, that narrow view doesn't explain away the moderates and liberals who are on board with this. it certainly doesn't explain why 60% of House Democrats voted for it.
There's a lot of different forces at play here. The Christian Right is one, for sure, the Nanny-State Left is another, the "I'm struggling for re-election and this looks good" group is a 3rd, and those who see the dollar signs if they can somehow manipulate the process to bring this $12B industry onshore are a 4th
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