But Democrats seized on his defection as a sign that Republicans were finding it increasingly untenable to oppose the legislation.
Blackmailing by itself is a defection on the social policing and punishment system.
The drama — which plays out in the director's customary style, controlled and absorbing, without a single wasted shot or gesture — hinges on a planned defection.
The plot hinges on a planned defection, but the real drama emerges in the moments when Barbara's mask slips: a passionate forest rendezvous with her West German lover, her mounting concern for a young female patient in trouble with the authorities, the unexpected stirrings of attraction toward the kindly, brainy André.
Five months on, a single defection enabled Mr Flosse first to engineer a 29 0 censure vote against the government and then, by the same margin, to restore himself as president.In this section The incredible shrinking country The emperor is not always obeyed Fear of the dragon A backward cast of mind?
In the final 10 minutes Arbroath kicked on and after Rogne had conceded a free-kick 30 yards out with a foul on Derek Holmes, Doris's drive took a defection before nestling in the back of the net.
UMNO blamed what it saw as a near calamity on the defection of a large share of the Chinese vote to the opposition, led by Anwar Ibrahim, a political veteran despite Mr Najib's concerted efforts to woo Chinese and Indian voters.
What brought on this defection was a little story she had written, called "The Frost King," which she sent him as a birthday present.
Those who have read Obama's books will know that he has worked in considerable depth on the defection of a father that too often prevents boys from growing into men.
"He's been on the defection shelf for a long time," said Angelo Izama, a political analyst with the Kampala-based research institute Fanaka Kwawote.
