House Democratic leadership saw 39 of their members vote against the bill and, with one Republican yes vote.  The republican’s Wiki page was immediately vandalized.

Democrats passed sweeping health reform legislation 220-215.

These Democrats voted against the bill:

Adler
Altmire
Baird
Barrow
Boccieri
Boren
Boucher
Boyd
Bright
Chandler
Childers
Artur Davis
Lincoln Davis
Chet Edwards
Gordon
Griffith
Herseth-sandlin
Holden
Kissell
Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Betsy Markey
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McIntyre
McMahon
Melancon
Minnick
Scott Murphy
Nye
Peterson
Ross
Shuler
Skelton
Tanner
Taylor
Teague

Of the 34 no votes, 27 represent seats in areas carried by McCain during the general elections. All 11 Democratic members who hail from districts where McCain won 60 percent or more of the voted against the bill. Four are freshmen Democrats sitting in seats that were Republican-held until 2008.

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