Mitch McConnell’s Two Most Important Votes

“Mitch McConnell had an unusual request for Senate Republicans this week: Say nice things about two Democrats,” Politico reports.

“Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are under lots of pressure from liberal activists and their Democratic colleagues to buckle on the filibuster, McConnell told Senate Republicans on Tuesday… That’s why the GOP should keep the moderate pair close and publicly praise them, the party leader explained, because they could ‘save this institution.'”