Reconciliation has been used a number of times in the past, and nothing blew up or was incinerated. Still, you insist on calling it the nuclear option.
Well, if that floats your boat, paddle on. But do so without me.
Beyond the specific context of U.S. federal judicial appointments, the term "nuclear option" has come to be used generically for a procedural maneuver with potentially serious consequences, to be used as a last resort to overcome political opposition.
What ever 'floats your boat' ... FQNRP