Which will lead to endless sound clips about "Republicans demand that benefits for the unemployed be paid for but not tax cuts for the wealthy, blah, blah, blah." Why do you think the Democrats have timed the vote on tax cuts so close behind the defeat of unemployment extensions? They don't care either, except for the political points that they can score off it.
Oh, I know, N-S. I was just being wistful for the minute there, trying to make simple sense without bothering with political posturing or calculation. I think what blessing there is in this resides in the fact that, if it hadn't been pinged here, no one would even have known that McDermott had opened his mouth. Even the Dem hoi polloi don't pay attention, they just nod and obediently check where they're told to.