Sorry about the lack of posts. I've been busy working on Iraq issues and going to random meetings. While I was gone, you missed:

McConnell votes against access to higher education, one of only 12 Republicans to do so. Feel the bipartisanship! If you recall, the last time this came up, Sen. McConnell tried to scuttle it with a couple of poison pill amendments, earning an angry denunciation from Ted Kennedy.

McConnell told reporters "that he'd like to see 'a long-term deployment somewhere in the Middle East, in the future, for two reasons: al-Qaida and Iran.'" If McConnell genuinely believed this, he'd support any of the various proposals for an over-the-horizon redeployment from Iraq. Of course, he's not telling the truth.

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson had some harsh words for the Senator. “It kind of makes you wonder what party you want to be a member of.” Indeed.