Thomas Sowell Excerpts re: GOP Moderates

Thomas Sowell, in his 5/25 column nails it on RealClearPolitics.com. I'm just posting some excerpts. No way I can improve on perfection as shown by my previous post on the GOP's seven wimps, I mean moderates.

The Senate Democrats hung tough and the Republicans wimped out. The Republicans had the votes but they didn't have the guts.
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Although the Republicans have more votes in the Senate, and also have Vice-President Cheney to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie, the Democrats stuck together. None of them went around wringing their hands in the media about how hard it would be for them to support their party if it came to a vote.
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Some Republicans may take comfort from the fact that they still have the option of changing the Senate rules in the future if the Democrats violate the spirit of their deal. But, once you have had the votes to win and wimped out instead, there is little reason to think that the weak sisters and opportunists on your side will be with you the next time high noon rolls around.

Hear that, Lindsey Graham?