Harsh rhetoric

In a recent speech on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) managed to make a proposed Senate rule change from the Republicans sound a like a Nazi power grab.



The saddest part of this story for me is that I agree with Senator Byrd that the filibuster is still a useful tool in our government and should not be restricted by special circumstances i.e. judicial appointments. Nonetheless, he really pushed the argument over the edge and down the hill and into the river and...