It's a matter of when, not if

Even Jay Hill, house leader for the Conservatives, acknowledges that same-sex marriage will soon be a reality in Canada: "At some point in time I think we have to recognize the inevitability of this." Apparently it took some rookie MPs to get the PM to extend parliament for the vote. Seems the only thing we can do now is look back briefly at the opportunities missed. Actually it's too depressing to consider...

• David Kilgour left the Liberals, but no others followed at the time; if Pat O'Brien had left then, instead of waiting to leave later...
• Stronach defecting crushed the momentum and morale of the Conservatives, and scuttled their best chance of defeating the government
• Chuck Cadman, on that same vote, sided with the government, deciding apparently that not having an election was a higher calling. That holding the government to account stuff is overrated anyway.
• the Grewal affair astonishingly turned out to be a plus for the Liberals, as no one was really all that surprised that they were willing to buy votes, but the media jumped all over hte possibility that the tapes were "altered"

Ok, that's enough. Summer is here, the Liberals got basically everything they wanted over the last 4 months, and the Conservatives took a beating, both in the house of commons and the media. Let's hope everyone learns from this and the fall is different...

Update: hope springs eternal