You know, I wish they had voted differently. But JFern, the thing you never get is that these senators don't represent you or me or the left wing of the Democratic Party; they represent the people of their state and likely acted accordingly.
The estate tax affects under a percent of estates. These "Democrats" are not representing their states.
So, if it doesn't affect you, you must be for it? If you are a man and won't be getting an abortion, you must be against abortion?
If 99% of people in a state wanted this, I assure you, the Senator would have voted for it.