Paul Ryan’s crazed effort to destroy Medicare is apparently a bridge too far for Senate Republicans.

Senate Republicans have decided to avoid jeopardizing their chances of capturing the upper chamber in next year’s elections and will not echo the House GOP’s call for a major overhaul of the popular health entitlement for seniors.

The Senate Republican decision to split from their colleagues in the lower chamber comes after a month during which Democrats, led by President Obama, have excoriated House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) spending blueprint.

Ryan’s Medicare plan, supported by all but four House Republicans, has been panned by Democrats as a voucher program that “would end Medicare as we know it.”

Note that Senate Republicans aren’t necessarily opposed to Ryan’s ugly attack on health care for seniors — they are simply going to avoid the issue right now for political reasons. They’ll be back.