As You've Heard, the Filibuster Failed

Shamelessly borrowing (and butchering) lines out of ODB‘s Baby C’mon:

Thinkin’ are they really raw as they said they’d be?
If they weren’t really raw, down on the Senate floor
We’d be like aawwwh! They ain’t hardcore!

(And we are.)

Later today, a list of Senators— to be blamed and shamed —who sold out the Constitution for incomprehensible political reasons.

To the twenty-five who voted “no” to ending the debate, Your Montag comends your decision, though the world may never realize the depth of the courage your actions would have required had the effort been successful.

Washington Post: Roll Call of the Cloture Vote