[Natural Law]

A bigger question is what is Mitch McConnell and Jon Kyl going to do about it? As the Senate Minority Leader and the Minority Whip they are the ones who have to herd the cats into a monolithic voting block.

[maggief]

Here’s McConnell’s ‘strong’ words.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/a-bipartisan-stimulus-think-again-say-gop-leaders-2009-02-09.html

At the same time, McConnell avoided any direct criticism of Specter — who faces reelection in 2010 — Collins or Snowe, simply saying that the three Republicans did not improve the bill enough to attract more GOP support.