[bcsco]

"Collegiality can obviously not be maintained when negotiating with someone out to defeat you, especially in your own party," Specter says in the 2,600-word speech, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. "In some quarters, compromising has become a dirty word. . . . Politics is no longer the art of the possible when senators are intransigent in their positions."

So, collegiality and compromise are the goals; not doing what's best for one's country. Got it. This jerk is typical of what's wrong with Washington today.

[Army Air Corps]

"In some quarters, compromising has become a dirty word. . . . Politics is no longer the art of the possible when senators are intransigent in their positions."

Arlen, that is a good description of the Democrat party, especially over the last several years. You remember the ObummerCare debate? You know, "We won, so screw you." Yes, lots of eagerness to negotiate there.