A Vicious Smear – Noah Rothman, Commentary Magazine
This is the oldest trick in Washington, Toomey said with due contempt for those who accused him of being a f***ing coward. Lawmakers take a sympathetic group of Americans, he continued, craft a bill to address their problems and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare Republicans to do anything about it. It s such a tired tactic that only those with virtually no exposure to legislative affairs in Washington could fail to comprehend Republican objections, even if they don t agree with them. That does not describe Senate Democrats. It doesn t even describe Jon Stewart. They bet that profound displays of anguish over the Republican Party s heartlessness would find a credulous audience in the press, and they were correct.
Plausible.