Frank, what happened was a roomful of libertarians decided to use their raw majoritarian power to ignore the plain rules that they had voluntarily adopted because they desired a certain outcome. If you can't see any room for noting the comical irony in that, then I guess it just adds to what I'm learning this week about some libertarians and their sense of humor. :-)
In particular, I learned that the following spoofs hit waaaaay too close to home for some people, while others were able to take them in stride:
http://reformthelp.wikidot.com/local--files/start/Slideshow.pdf
