The Schiavo bill and the "nuclear option"

The Schiavo bill and the "nuclear option"

Is this whole thing a double-bank shot in the side pocket?

"The whole POINT was not to grant relief. This would enable the Republicans to say that a "runaway federal judiciary" was ignoring the will of Congress. And this just so happens to occur when the Republicans are about the exercise the nuclear option regarding filibusters of judicial nominees. Just another way to astroturf this issue among the Christian right. "Make sure that what happened to Terri Schiavo doesn't happen again!"

Meanwhile, on the Messianic front, this quote of the day: "'I mean, this is Holy Week and governor Bush is a Catholic, so he has to come down and save this lady,' Martin said."

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