Congrats to Mitch McConnell and the Republican caucus which stuck to its demands for fairness, and forced the Democrats to flee from the prospect of voting on the Gregg resolution. The whole sorry circus has now pulled up stakes and left town, and NRSC Pledge signers are free to resume contributions to the NRSC though, I suspect, they will wait a while to see if the new signs of spine in the Republicans on the Hill carry over until March, April, and beyond.

I interviewed John Thune on the program today and he relayed that while some cordial relations within the GOP caucus have been  strained, nevertheless the caucus movement in favor of resolute support of victory in Iraq has been noticeable and sustained.