Reid's motives on the immigration bill have been a question mark from day one.

I entitled a 6-6-07 post "Reid says he will seek to end debate on immigration bill -- I hope he will reconsider." The post noted: "This is a big mistake for Reid to seek to invoke cloture this week. The bill did not go through any committee, and debate is a helpful part of our legislative process. I hope Reid will reconsider. This is the closest yet we have been to getting legislation that has a chance to pass."

But what I was thinking but didn't say is alluded to in the following quote from an article in The Washington Post. Maybe Reid got just what he wanted.

From Saturday's The Washington Post:

Reid's motives have been a question mark from day one. Spokesman Jim Manley said his boss was prepared to support the immigration bill on final passage. But advocates had their doubts, given Reid's determination to limit debate, and the green light he gave to one of the bill's Democratic critics to twice offer an amendment to end a guest-worker program after five years. Supporters of the immigration bill viewed the measure, which passed on the second try, as a poison pill.