Breaking - Iggy crashing the party, finally?

Bourque is reporting that Ignatieff is having sober second thoughts about the coalition, mostly in response to pressure from colleagues and backbenchers.

Ignatieff has really has three choices (well, four - he can just go back to the States), he can suck up to the coalition and watch the party evaporate on the horizon, he can push Dion and Rae out of the limelight and go publicly nuclear on the folly of it all, or his best option - take 10-15 good Canadian Liberals with him and cross the floor, giving Harper the necessary muscle to flush these pretenders out of consideration for good.

If Ignatieff stays the course, he'll have nothing left in May. Dion's actions have likely soiled the Liberal linens for good in the party's present incarnation. Canadians of every political stripe from coast to coast are furious at the spectre of having their vote overthrown. Harper needs a majority in order to start the process of eliminating the future possibility of separatist authority over parliament once and for all. Ignatieff needs to figure for himself who's side he's on, Canada's, or the Liberal's. He can't, at present, be on both.

New updates from Bourque: UPDATE 1:Meanwhile, former Lib MP & Deputy PM John Manley is also now distancing himself from Dion's unholy alliance, telling a G&M confcall that his inclusion in Dion's wise men sounding board is news to him. "I havent agreed to do anything", he said ...... UPDATE 2: Insiders are telling Bourque late this evening that "at least 15 opposition members are ready to break ranks and, if necessary, sit as independents. This group includes Dryden, Tonks, Bevilacqua (from Grits) and Angus (NDP)". Bourque is also hearing that "at least three Bloc members are considering same course of action and there maybe at least two Tories thinking of going the other way (as independents) - Michael 'Cheech' Chong and backbencher Lee Richardson." Developing ...