Despite the pleasantries, glad-handing, and back-slapping that marked the first day of Virginia’s General Assembly session Wednesday, a fight could already be brewing over the governor’s recently-unveiled (and re-tooled) plan to get the state out of the liquor business.

Democrats  are toying with the idea of introducing the Republican governor’s plan in the Republican-controlled House of Delegates to pre-empt potential blame they’d suffer if, as McDonnell plans, that measuret goes first to the Democratic-led Senate and dies there, the Washington Post reports.

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