When the Senate voted to frustrate the efforts of Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to strengthen the existing system of background checks for gun purchases by extending the oversight to gun shows and Internet transactions, a visibly angry President Barack Obama vowed that the matter was not closed. "I see this as just round one," he said after the April 17 vote. "I believe we're going to be able to get this one. Sooner or later we are going to get this right. The memories of these children demand it, and so do the American people."
And over the weekend, Manchin stepped forward to pledge to reintroduce the bill he helped to author, telling Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace, “I’m willing to go anywhere in this country, I’m going to debate anybody on this issue, read the bill and you tell me what you don’t like.” Of course, more practically, Manchin won't simply be able to move the issue forward by debating just "anybody." He'll have to go after some "no" votes, and turn at least five of them around to "yes" votes.
Is there hope for that? It's an issue that MSNBC's Chris Hayes plans to take up on Monday night's edition of "All In With Chris Hayes." And there does appear reason to believe that the cause for enhancing the background checks system is not a lost one. As Lauren Fox of U.S. News and World Report reported today:
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