CAN THE AFL-CIO COUNT VOTES, OR WHAT? Speaking to the AFL-CIO's longtime communications honcho Denise Mitchell on Tuesday, I asked her how many votes she thought the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which was coming up for a vote in the House two days hence, would get. "I dunno," she said. "How about 241?"
This afternoon, EFCA passed with 241 votes. When Denise Mitchell says she doesn't know, do not proceed to a wager.
--Harold Meyerson
