Those of us who called for filibuster reform at the beginning of this Congress got some vindication this week when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid admitted on the Senate floor that we were right:
“If there were ever a time when Tom Udall and Jeff Merkley were prophetic, it’s tonight,” Reid said in his floor speech yesterday. “These two young, fine senators said it was time to change the rules of the Senate, and we didn’t. They were right. The rest of us were wrong — or most of us, anyway. What a shame.”
I don’t think I’ve ever given Harry Reid bad advice. But it’s nice to have him admit that he was a dunderhead. So, if we hold on to our control of the Senate, I assume that Harry Reid will deal with the Republicans with the requisite harshness that they deserve. Right?
