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From Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell, explaining why he opposes the New START treaty:
All of a sudden, we’re once again trying to rush things right here before Christmas Eve. I think that was not the best way to get the support of people like me.
Translation: he’s pissed that Democrats successfully repealed DADT and is bound and determined to get back at them. The childishness that passes for politics these days is endlessly astonishing.
