I think it's a bit of both. John Chafee was uncharacteristically independent compared to the other Republicans of 1993, and though his bill gained 23 other co-sponsors, I don't think it's fair to say it was the truly mainstream Republican alternative. It would have been interesting if the Democratic leadership had called their bluff and accepted that as a starting point for further negotiation, but unfortunately, Clinton and the congressional Democrats thought they could grab the whole loaf instead of settling for a quarter or so. Sometimes that works out, sometimes it doesn't.