I saw that as well! LOL Rino's will learn, get back in the tent or pay the price!
Personally, I think attaching base closures to votes on matters of other principle is just as bad as the vote-trading on nominees. Actually, thinking about it, it's even worse.
And being in Maine, and knowing how important these bases are to the local economy, as a conservative I generally prefer that employment exist at the pleasure of the private sector.
If the military and its support system can be streamlined, and that involves base closures, then them's the breaks. As a taxpayer, I want the military to balance expenditure and might.
Put another way, if we're willing to pay even higher taxes, we could not only keep all these bases open, we could open new bases, one in every town! And give everybody a job!!! Woohooo!! Not ;-)