[TheRealThing]

TRT why didn't McConnell allow an up and down vote? Not able to read up on this yet but the House would never pass it....

Agreed the house would not have passed it. Not saying I know what was on McConnell's mind here, in fact, he handled the matter in a way that made republicans look bad. The argument was about the 60 vote threshold versus a simple majority. Maybe he hadn't realized that or maybe he did like some coaches I know, and outcoached himself. We'll see what comes of it. I guarantee you there will be more attention to this by the main stream media than there was about Benghazi, (still unanswered and unchallenged by media) or the Obama off mic comment to the Russian president about holding off on defense concessions until after the elections.