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1 Left 0 Centered 0 RightAT A conference earlier this year, Harry Reid, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, informed indignant activists that he knew full well how to count votes, and that various measures dear to liberal hearts simply did not have enough support to scrape through his chamber. He did not want to put them to a vote, he said, just to disappoint their backers.