Wow, good match going here.
But Padme didn't have a choice, we think, we don't know the rules of the Senate in SW, we don't know if she couldn't pass her vote to the hands of Organa, but he would have been a good choice, he opposed the military creation as well.
And I seriously doubt that he would have fallen for Palpatine's little word trick.
All in all, this can't be resolved, it's a matter of opinion and the movie's already been made, so there's no changing it.