Another History Lesson

The NY Times has an editorial which uses a little history to help put the latest Republican political maneuver into perspective:

Republican senators are hyperventilating over the possibility that Democrats might try to pass health care reform with only a majority vote — depriving them of the chance to try to block legislation with filibusters that can only be overcome with the votes of at least three-fifths of all senators.

How quickly they forget. When the Republicans controlled Congress they used the same expedited procedure to ram through controversial measures, including the enormous tax cuts for the wealthy that plunged the federal budget deep into deficit.

Read the whole thing. Get a bit of historical perspective. Understand the dynamics of the maneuver.