Mitch McConnell's Plan B should have been Plan A

They're calling it Plan B, which is of course what you call the alternate plan when Plan A doesn't work out.

But Mitch McConnell's Plan B -- which would remove the poison pill block to Obama's recent executive action on deportations from the Homeland Security funding bill and have a separate vote on each measure -- should have been Plan A all along.

You have two important issues.   Each should get a clear up or down vote on its own.

To knowingly attach something, which you know the other side can't/won't support, to a bill they must support, is part of politics.    But here the Republicans are playing politics with dangerous issues.    This one is on our national security at a time of increasing terrorists' threats.    The Netanyahu speech is also playing politics with our sensitive nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Every day, the Republicans prove that they (1) put partisan politics above the best interests of our country (s0 who is it that "doesn't love America"?);   and (2) that they are terrible at governing.

Let us hope we can survive until 2016 and vote these incompetent and unwise people out of office.    If only . . . .   The fact is that the partisan redistricting of congressional districts means the majority in the House cannot be turned out of office by the opposing party.

Ralph

LATE NEWS:    Senate Democratic leaders have balked at supporting McConnell's plan unless John Boehner is committed to passing it in the House.   With time running out, they don't want to pass it and then have the House not pass it.