[ClearCase_guy]

Dreir is coming out so that the direness of the situation can be plain to all.

Dreir would be more effective if he could come out and say:
"What the Democrats are proposing is unconstitutional. That's not just my opinion -- I sat down with a number of constitutional expects and they told me that this is a travesty. Our constitution is being trampled right before our eyes by the Democrats. I'm chairman of the Rules Committee, but I am powerless to stop this, because Democrats outnumber Republicans 9-4 on my committee. This is going to happen. And it may very well destroy the system of government we've had for over 200 years."

But his statement is a little wimpier than that.

[Siena Dreaming]

His announcement was designeed to hopefully get more people off their rears.

The actual vocabulary used isn't so important.