From the horse's mouth, the truth

The very conservative Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), who reached across the partisan divide to sponsor with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) the background check bill that failed, has spilled the beans.  Although it initially seemed to have some chance of passage, in the end only three Republicans voted for their bill.

Later Toomey tried to walk his remarks back a bit, but I put more credibility on the initial statement than the lame excuse.   Here's what he said:

"In the end it didn’t pass because we're so politicized. There were some on my side who did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do it.”

Of course, that comes as no surprise.   Mitch McConnell said it the first day of Obama's administration:   they would do everything possible to make sure he was a one-term president.    Well, the election shows that didn't work, but instead of accepting defeat they've just doubled down on opposing him at every opportunity.

Ralph