Is Sen. Bill Seitz the only Ohio Republican who sees the whole field?

That possibility is making some of Kasich’s Republican colleagues uneasy. Last week, The Columbus Dispatch spoke to eight state GOP senators who either “would not express support for the bill or have stated varying degrees of discomfort with it.” Bill Seitz of Cincinnati is one of them. “We need to be careful that we do not turn this into an overreaching effort that jeopardizes our chances,” he tells Newsweek. “We have a history in Ohio, when the legislature overreaches and the public snaps back, you end up losing everything. I would prefer a more consultative process.”

In the end, Seitz and his fellow skeptics may get their wish. Unlike the Wisconsin bill, which outlaws collective bargaining for benefits but permits it for wages, Ohio’s original proposal simply eliminated the practice altogether. But late last week lawmakers decided to exempt salary negotiations from the ban. Kasich says he prefers the new version and wants to “end the strident partisanship.” If he compromises on collective bargaining after taking such a hardline stance, he could wind up looking relatively reasonable and engendering enough goodwill to pass the rest of his painful cuts. Still, there’s a chance the damage has been done. Asked to predict what will happen next, Seitz offers up a little history lesson. Legend has it that “Custer charged into the Battle of Little Big Horn without waiting for support because he thought a smashing victory over the Indians would garner him a nomination for president,” Seitz says. “It didn’t work out so good.”

The excerpt above comes from a Newsweek story about the fight over Senate Bill 5 here in Ohio.