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oh well. Let the chips fall where they may. A leader is not mute, does not remain silent. That is why they are called LEADERS. They stand up and are counted for, especially on matters of grave importance to this country....something which SESSIONS, DEWINE, and VITTER have done.

Is Mitch McConnell shafting the base?

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is one of the smartest conservatives in the Senate. But on the dangerous immigration bill, he has been silent as the grave. His website is conspicuously silent on immigration.
A wave of conservative outrage against a catastrophic immigration bill might put Fred Thompson at the head of the pack, and carry him into the nomination. It may even boost him into the Presidency in 2008. Senator Mitch McConnell may be allied with former Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, who has been pushing the Thompson candidacy. Call it the Three Border State Senators, quietly singing the same song.
If the Kennedy-McCain bill is passed, McConnell may jump aboard the Thompson bandwagon. If it is defeated, he may finally come out against it. But what we are seeing today is a disastrous lack of leadership coming from the Senate Republican leaders.
The voters have a right to ask Senator Mitch McConnell where he stands. Is he risking our national security to promote Fred Thompson's [affiliated with the Council on Foreign Relations] candidacy? That's a Machiavellian gambit, not a conservative one.