"It's outrageous to sacrifice a chance to make progress on the biggest single policy challenge..."

"... merely to increase the reelection chances of one Senator."

Jon Chait, on the craven double-dealing of Harry Reid. Whatever one thinks of the climate change bill, it's quite disgraceful to see the sort of game being played here.

And consider this:

As for bad faith, Graham is a Republican Senator from South Carolina. His highest risk of losing his seat, by far, comes from the prospect of a conservative primary challenger. Indeed, I'd say that prospect is far from remote, and Graham is displaying an unusual willingness to risk his political future. He has little incentive to negotiate on these issues except that he believes it's the right thing to do. So when Democrats put climate change on the backburner to take up immigration, and so so for obviously political reasons, Graham has every right to be angry. He's risking his political life to address a vital issue, and Harry Reid is looking to save his seat.

Lindsey Graham has paid quite the political price in order to reach across the aisle, and work on a climate bill. If mere days before my hard work was to be unveiled, Harry Reid decided to set it aside for the purposes of political ass-covering, I'd be pissed too.

HT: TDD