" Will these Labor rebels have the courage of their convictions? It's one thing to talk tough, but can they walk the walk? That means crossing the floor and risking the kind of retribution only the mafiosa can replicate."
Or they could do what Dr Jensen did on the wheat reform vote,abstain from voting.
"WA Liberal MP Dennis Jensen will defy Tony Abbott to allow passage of the Gillard Government's legislation to fully deregulate the wheat industry.
"For me, the issue was that we needed firm commitments on the abolition of WEA and the dates by which they will be abolished," Dr Jensen said earlier this week. "As things are now, I will abstain if this comes to a vote because I am not convinced that we (the coalition) have a commitment to get rid of WEA at any time in the near future."