For those unfamiliar, this implies they would have been able to override a presidential veto, so the administration backtracking is just saving the president the embarassment of a defiant congress/disunified party.

If the administration cares about embarrassment, I've got some bad news.

Trump cares about winning, and appearing invincible, a lot. That’s why in close races, he only endorses near the end when he’s sure who’s going to win.

Right, the operative word is less "embarrassment" than "impotence".

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Please don't do this here.

So many close races, so many near misses.

The administration cares about itself feeling embarrassment.

What it feels embarrassment about doesn't necessarily have much to do with what a normal healthy adult would feel embarrassment about.

Think of him like an emotionally damaged child.

When Trump vetoed a drinking water project for Colorado that had passed both the House and Senate by unanimous consent they failed to override it. Don’t underestimate how afraid Republicans in Congress are of angering Trump.

> Don’t underestimate how afraid Republicans in Congress are of angering Trump.

Or his armed insurrectionists^W supporters.