John McCain's Political Suicide

John McCain will never be president, and we can all be thankful for that. He signed his own political death warrant tonight by helping engineer the so-called compromise with the Dems that will prevent the triggering of the nuclear option.

Centrists from both parties reached a compromise Monday night to avoid a showdown on President Bush's stalled judicial nominees and the Senate's own filibuster rules, officials from both parties said.

These officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the agreement would clear the way for yes-or-no votes on some of Bush's nominees, but make no guarantee.

Under the agreement, Democrats would pledge not to filibuster any of Bush's future appeals court or Supreme Court nominees except in "extraordinary circumstances."

For their part, Republicans agreed not to support an attempt to strip Democrats of their right to block votes.

The complete details are yet to come, but it appears that McCain, along with other GOP "moderates" have agreed to throw some of President Bush's judicial nominees under the bus in exchange for a vague promise by the Dems not to filibuster future judicial or Supreme Court nominees except in "extraordinary circumstances".

Now what kind of an idiotic agreement is this? I guarantee you that Bush's first Supreme Court nominee will meet the test for "extraordinary circumstances" and will be filibustered, especially when you have Chuckie Schumer, Ted Kennedy and other libs deciding what is extraordinary.

As a conservative, I have no use for the GOP moderates. Revelations 3:16, though not talking specifically about moderates, phrases it quite well in the Revised Standard Version: So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.

John McCain could use a good spewing.