[a fool in paradise]

...Mr. Mayorkas has since been promoted to be deputy secretary at the Homeland Security Department, thanks in large part to Mr. Reid, who pushed the nomination through with the help of the so-called “nuclear option” that changed the Senate rules by shortcut and curtailed the ability of Republicans to filibuster President Obama’s nominees.

Mr. Mayorkas would likely have been blocked had the old filibuster rules been in place...

[piasa]

And now he’s Biden’s nominee