Discussing Mitch McConnell's hypocritical (he was a strong advocate for it not long ago) vote against the Conrad-Gregg deficit commission (a terrible idea BTW), Ezra Klein writes:

McConnell's actions cannot be explained by beliefs, which is something that makes people very uncomfortable. But they can be explained by party incentives, which is something that makes people even more uncomfortable. We're very familiar with a model of Congress in which legislators disagree over policy and that causes them to vote against one another. We're much more concerned by the idea that they don't disagree at all, but are simply trying to win the next election. But the latter does a much better job explaining how congresspeople actually vote.

No kidding? Who'da thunk it? At some point these sob stories have to stop. McConnell, like all of them, is a pol. They do what they do. The most important thing in their lives ALWAYS is the next election. The key for citizens and activists is to pressure them to pander towards you. Enough with the Pollyanna acts. Ezra's post is a good one, but my gawd, where was he for the past year? Sobbing about pols being pols.

Speaking for me only