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The Dawn of the Age of McConnell
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/dawn-age-mcconnell?intcid=mod-most-popularSNIP###
"In so many ways, McConnell is the leader that this U.S. Senate deserves. He is a pure political being: he entered politics as a center-leaning, pro-environment, pro-choice Republican in a Democratic state; year by year, he has marched to the right in step with his Party, cycling through positions on collective bargaining and minimum wage. If McConnell has a deep instinct to rise above it all now, in a bid for comity and history, he hides it well. He privileges the scoreboard above all. Asked about his ideological evolution, he explained simply, “I wanted to win.”
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