I don;t think this is over yet!
death throes of the Republic - stand by for very perilous times...
I am by no means, ‘in the know’, but I suspect a ruse.
It is typical for the Libs to so called ‘cave’, and wind up with as much or more than they were asking for.
Words, phrases, are meaningless in D.C. and in the media. They may just be throwing the GOP/RNC a bone.
The Republicans are know as the party of surrender. (oh, in D.C. talk it is called ‘crossing the aisle’, which is something a Lib never ever does)