[William McKinley]

Who ever heard of a filibuster where the side trying to get something passed was invited to speak? Generally the only people speaking during a filibuster are the opposition.

[VRWC_minion]

Who ever heard of a filibuster where the side trying to get something passed was invited to speak?

Good question so there might be something more to this than we imagine. What if the GOP studied the undecideds and the rat base ? What if they presented both arguments to them without the media filters and found that they won the arguments on merit ? If so, then it would make sense.