The title is borrowed from a reader comment to The Fix column published on-line earlier this afternoon at the Washington Post website. This comment completed the thought expressed in the title to the column: "Mitch McConnell closes the deal. Again."
In an era in which it is fashionable for both the left and right to complain of too much gridlock in Washington, the latest deal is a reminder of who actually is able to bridge the party divide. Had either Matt Bevin or Alison Lundergan Grimes been in the Senate, neither could have pulled this off. As freshmen, Bevin and Grimes would be carrying Ted Cruz's and Harry Reid's respective briefcases, so to speak. And the scary thing is--for the entire country, this is scary--had McConnell not been the Senate Republican Leader, there wouldn't have been anyone else to resolve, temporarily at least, the dysfunction in D.C.
Long-winded speeches can be entertaining, and I enjoy Green Eggs and Ham as much as anyone. But all in all, I prefer a Senator and Republican Leader who, rather than grandstand, actually can get something done when the country really needs it.
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