Ultimately, I don't believe that McConnell, McCain, et.al, are all that unhappy that the Dhimmi'Rats have pulled the trigger on this. After all, assuming our optimism for the 2014 midterms is warranted, they now do not have to go through a very public internacine fight in order to muzzle the Mike Lees, Ted Cruzes and Rand Pauls of the party. All they have to do is carry over Comrade Harry's rules change, nice and quietly, as presently enacted. They don't have to get their spineless little hands dirty at all.
I've seen plenty of innerwebz comments asking the Republican RINO branch if they still think "reaching across the aisle" was a good idea: I'm sure they think it was a great idea, because the pedarast Harry Reid just handed his RINO butt buddies an early Christmas present, and ensured their - continued - slobbering devotion to him and his for years to come.
Yeah that D6, is McCain up this time around? Thought he wasn't coming up for awhile yet. As much as the GOP
should tit-for-tat the Dems on this for the same period of time that it stands when the worm eventually does turn, I'm sure McCain and the RINOs will tube any effort in that direction. Of course, there were three dems who voted against this BS, but then again Reid wouldn't have tried it unless he knew he had enough caucus votes to pass it, so whether they really had an independent stand on it or were merely allowed to look like they did is open for debate.