Make 'em Read the Phone Book, Already

Remember when the GOP controlled the Senate and even the threat of a filibuster by the Democrats was an attack on the very foundations of the republic? That outrage, of course, completely fizzled once the GOP became the minority party in the Senate where, through a series of cloture votes, they've stymied several pieces of Democratic legislation. The latest victim is the bill that would have reversed the abominable Military Commissions Act of 2006, which fell four votes short of the 60 needed to end debate.

I know that anything that passes the Senate is destined to die once it hits Duhbya's desk, but just once I'd like to see the Dems force the GOPers to actually make the filibuster happen. Make 'em read the phone book, I say.