Every now and then, I decide I have some shred of respect left for Sen. Arlen Specter. And then he comes out with something like
this:
Some senators who support the measure agreed that the latest deal involved marginal changes.
"When Senator Feingold says that, he happens to be right," said Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa. "Sometimes cosmetics will make a beauty out of the beast and provide enough cover for senators to change their votes."
As
Dick Cheney likes to say, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. But apparently, a little lipstick is enough for Specter to give this particular pig a big ol' wet kiss.
Also disappointing is Dick Durbin's statement that "it is an improvement" and so "we should move forward". Once again, the Senate Democrats seem to have lost their spines. And, once again, Specter has proven that "moderate Republican" has become not just an oxymoron but a sad, pitiful joke.