Letters to the Editor
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Maybe
....But let's say that Carney came out and said: "After further consideration, I have decided that telecom immunity is wrong and I will oppose any bill that includes it."
Meanwhile, there were still, say, 5-10 Blue Dogs -- including some vulnerable ones -- supporting and agitating for it. Wouldn't it be preferable to declare victory in Carney's case and then aim the weapon at one of the other recalcitrant Blue Dogs?
[...] if we do this sort of stuff, and they do change behavior, and then we pull the trigger anyway, what then is their motivation to listen? -- GlennGreenwald
You still have useful ammunition through ~October '08, in the form of the not-yet-deployed ad campaign (as long as you retain enough money to unleash it at will. If you leave yourselves too broke to use it while going after some other target, then I can gay-rawn-tee you'll lose him, and possibly others.)
Go ahead and give him a break if he changes his behavior pattern (not just his tune in public, but his actual voting and activity pattern.)
Who's next on the priority list?