[Political Junkie Too]

It's a matter of "Fool me once, shame on you..." Cruz said he had no evidence to not trust McConnell. Now he does.

It would be a dysfunctional Senate if everyone acted as if everyone else was lying all of the time. A Senator 's promise was currency. The deals were "vote for my bill X today and I'll vote for your bill Y next month." If you reneg next month, nobody will trust you again and you won't get anymore bills passed.

Now everyone knows that McConnell is a dishonest negotiator, at least with fellow Republicans. He probably keeps all of his promises with Democrats.

-PJ

[brothers4thID]

All he needed to do was have a discussion with Jim Bunning.