I get ya. It was a sarcastic, defeatist, throw-away line. Picture one of the former “Lions of the Senate” debating the rules...No sodomy on Sunday, any commingling of more than three persons shall require that both Parties are represented...
LOL...I can just see those lawyer “Lions of the Senate” debating the new rule, crossing the aisle, bipartisanship, etc. The R’s would be repulsed (well, maybe a few) and the D’s would be salivating to try out the new rules.
I had to think a bit more about your comment “The Senate makes its own rules.”
Now I get it. Good one.