So if health care reform gets through the House by one vote, then Republicans will have no one to blame but themselves and their intraparty battle royale in New York, which became a proxy fight in the War To Change The GOP.

After all the intrigue and political back and forth, Democrat Bill Owens won the seat over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. That's right, the Democrat won.

The Republican had dropped out over the weekend, leaving the GOP without a candidate, so they just grabbed onto the Conservative Party hopeful, but evidently, the damage had already been done.

It's a seat that realistically should never have been in play, but because of the fight that had Sarah Palin and others endorsing the Conservative candidate, and then the GOP nominee endorsing the Democrat, the race got a lot of play.

So what does it tell us?

Well, the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill once said that "all politics are local," and that's probably very true for this seat.

In the last 12 Congressional elections, the Democratic candidate in this seat never got more than 38% of the vote.

And yet, there was the Democrat in the winner's circle on Tuesday night, exploiting the party squabbles of the GOP.

Is this loss the fault of Sarah Palin? The fallout should be interesting.

Let the finger pointing begin!