The Brown Mtn blues... :-(

Steve opines: "Mea culpa. I let you disintegrate my argument too far previously. I am resolved to do better."

Just get your facts straight before you post... :-)

"The GOP leadership fully supports RINOs. See also Arlen Specter and Lincoln Chaffee."

And don't forget Susan Collins & Olympia Snowe... That's why I have never given money to the national & state GOP.

"CFR was passed while the Congress was in the GOP's hands and it was signed into law by a Republican President with not a peep from the GOP leadership. Your claims of court cases notwithstanding, the GOP's silence on the subject was deafening."

Actually, the Senate was in Democrat hands (remember Jumpin' Jim???) at the time. You are right, it was signed by Bush... If he would have vetoed it, the votes weren't there in Congress to override it. Again, McConnell (who is a part of the GOP leadership) and his allies taking it to the Supreme Court was louder than a peep... He was taking on Bush and the Executive Branch in that case. Even though he lost the case, McConnell made a bold move there.

"You can't possibly believe that all they could do was vote against it. The only context in which that is true is the one in which party is more important than principle. Haven't we been here before?"

In the end, how one votes is all that matters...

"I won't say the thought hasn't crossed my mind."

You can't do that... You just bought a "used Ford." :-)