Can't be more shameful than that -- i.e. he didn't compromise even for that single one vote (which incidentally was cast by the Congress MP from Orissa Giridhar Gamang, who had resigned from his seat, but voted on the technicality that his resignation was yet to be accepted)... :-)
Congress obviously didn't learn anything out of that episode... coz it's it's neither in the history nor in the genes of Congress to learn any good thing from anybody...
Bribing? Oh they'll gleefully pick up at once...
Clinging to power? No need for them to learn, they are the world gurus on the topic...
Aligining with their enemies? Gladly... (whilst preaching to BJP against aligning with Amma, or Mamta or Maya :-)
Expect them to lose by a single vote?... No sir...