Michael Tomasky: Does Joe Manchin hold finreg's fate in his hands?

Things are looking temporarily grim from the Democratic point of view on the finreg front. Republicans Scott Brown and Susan Collins, who voted for the bill as it emerged from the Senate the first time, are now on the fence. And Democrat Russ Feingold says he's going to vote against it.

This is the week for this kind of game of chicken, so no one should believe these postures can't possibly change. I find it fairly difficult to imagine that if the Democrats have 59 votes, Feingold will really ...