Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell isn't running for president and won't face re-election until 2020, so he doesn't need to posture for the base too aggressively. No, McConnell can afford to
admit that marriage equality is a done deal without worrying about a primary challenge from the right.
“I’ve always felt that marriage is between one man and one woman and the Supreme Court has held otherwise. That’s the law of the land,” McConnell said. Asked if Congress can do anything, he replied: “I don’t think so. I think the courts have pretty well spoken.”
While he said the Senate will "be taking a look at whether religious liberty needs to be enhanced," i.e. whether the right to discriminate will be written into law, McConnell poo-pooed the idea of a constitutional amendment against marriage equality:
“It isn’t going to pass. You know It’s one thing to talk about a constitutional amendment; we’ve only done that 27 times in the history of our country,” McConnell said. “It’s not going to pass.”
That's about the size of it. But try telling that to members of McConnell's party like Mike Huckabee and Sen. Ted Cruz.