That's the moral of this story.
Had the President kept to his plan, and not tried to repeal DADT until 2011, he'd have failed. In other words, but-for Dan Choi handcuffing himself to the White House fence, but-for GetEqual interrupting a series of Obama appearances at key Democratic fundraisers, and but-for the gay Netroots driving the news cycle, and the community's increasing ire and angst, I believe the President would have never acted in time on DADT repeal, nor would we have seen the meager action we've gotten on DOMA or UAFA.I've got a much longer analysis of this topic over at AMERICAblog Gay.
So the President owes us a debt of gratitude for saving his re-elect.
