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It's really like shooting fish to highlight hypocrisy coming from Senate Republicans these days. But this turnaround must be causing Mitch McConnell at least a little whiplash:

McConnell on the "nuclear option" to get rid of the filibuster back when Republicans where the majority:

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spokesman: “Senator McConnell always has and continues to fully support the use of what has become known as the ‘[nuclear]’ option in order to restore the norms and traditions of the Senate.”

Now McConnel; doesn't even want to have the inconvience of the symbolic filibuster anymore:

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded to Reid with a counteroffer: an automatic 60-vote threshold for all key Iraq amendments, eliminating the time-consuming process of clearing procedural hurdles. … [A]ll the controversial war-related votes held since Democrats took control of the Senate in January have required 60 “yeas” to pass.

“It’s a shame that we find ourselves in the position that we’re in,” McConnell said. “It produces a level of animosity and unity on the minority side that makes it more difficult for the majority to pass important legislation.”

Oh boo hoo. Given that it's the published GOP strategy in the Senate to block any, ANY legislation during this session it hard to take McConnell seriously.

It's crucial for Democrats to continue to highlight the obstruction. Given the nutso rules of the Senate, Republicans are going to block all legislation anyway. So the Democrats might as well spend the remaining time in session with further hearings and continuing "political theatre" to highlight the state of Congress .... just where the problem is. With idiots like Diane Sawyer around, the Dems will have to highlight the issues a hundred times before it will begin to sink into the body politic.