However, only 39 Republicans voted against passage. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) was the Republican who missed the vote. On C-Span this morning, a caller wondered if perhaps Coburn's prayer request had "backfire[ed]" against his own party: CALLER: Yeah doctor. Our small tea bag group here in Waycross, we got our vigil together and took Dr. Coburn's instructions and prayed real hard that Sen. Byrd would either die or couldn't show up at the vote the other night. How hard did you pray because I see one of our members was missing this morning. Did it backfire on us? One of our members died? How hard did you pray senator? Did you pray hard enough? [...] When Coburn asked Americans to pray that a Senator miss these crucial health care votes, he never specified Republican or Democrat.
On C-Span this morning, a caller wondered if perhaps Coburn's prayer request had "backfire[ed]" against his own party:
CALLER: Yeah doctor. Our small tea bag group here in Waycross, we got our vigil together and took Dr. Coburn's instructions and prayed real hard that Sen. Byrd would either die or couldn't show up at the vote the other night.
How hard did you pray because I see one of our members was missing this morning. Did it backfire on us? One of our members died? How hard did you pray senator? Did you pray hard enough?
[...]
When Coburn asked Americans to pray that a Senator miss these crucial health care votes, he never specified Republican or Democrat.
