The Senate deal is not fair to the nominees who were lost in the trade.

Quin Hilyer. Hammer. Head of nail.

Conservatives examining last night's Senate deal on judicial nominees should see it as not a compromise but, as a capitulation. It does not save the stature of the Senate, but confirms its reputation as a den of mutual back-scratchers willing to throw principle out the window so their own reputations for wisdom and statesmanship can remain intact.

Yep. None dare call it business as usual. I'll bet you $20 the editors of National Review do not call for the defeat of the Seven Republican Moral Dwarfs at the polls or even sanctions against them by the GOP Senate leadership. NR might need their votes to legalize drugs.