re: #16 KGxvi

If McConnell was looking at retirement, why would he be carrying water for Trump like this?

A total miscalculation on his part, thinking that Sen. Schumer and the senate Democrats would cave, but they hadn’t and aren’t.

It’s not really about Putin, or even Trump, it’s just a threat to his own ego. McConnell has more than had his way forever, especially since 2014. A loss on this issue, in the manner it was set up, would cripple him.