The "nuclear option" represented an assault on the structures that make self-government possible in a large, diverse and sharply divided nation. This was an ideological minority's attempt to exploit the Senate -- where small rural states enjoy disproportional weight -- and seize absolute power. In the name of the Constitution, they tried to rip down the barriers to factional domination that were erected by the nation's founders.
Their defeat is democracy's victory.
Let's hope. I hope it ain't like shooting down a few planes at Pearl Harbor: a minor victory in a great disaster.
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