Obama's Wrong Button "Controversy"

Here's more on that wrong button controversy.

According to the LA Times article that discusses the issue, "The rules allow state lawmakers to clear up a mishap if they suffered from a momentary case of stumbly fingers or a lapse in attention. Correcting the record is common practice (emphasis mine) in the Illinois Legislature, where lawmakers routinely cast numerous votes in a hurry."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-obamavotes24jan24,0,1306515.story

Apparently most of the controversy on this issue came as a result of a show on MSNBC called "Morning Joe" with former Congressman Joe Scarsborough (R). According to Mr. Scarsborough
""I voted tens of thousands of times, and you know -- there is a green button that says 'Yea' .. and there is a red button that says 'Nay' ... and then there's a yellow button that ... says 'Abstain.' "
However, according to the Congressional Record for March 30, 2000, as a member of the House of Representatives, following a roll call vote in which Scarborough was recorded as voting "aye," Scarborough stated on the floor of the House: "I inadvertently voted 'yes.' I meant to vote 'no.' ""

http://mediamatters.org/research/200801250005

To be clear, no one is denying this happened. I'm saying that this isn't as big an issue as people are making it. Humans make mistakes. This is a common thing in state and federal legislatures. This is just people trying to dig up dirt where there isn't anything unusual going on.