An embarrassment

There was a good editorial in today's Courier-Journal:

There has been a lot of talk about how Mr. Bunning's stand was one of principle, how it was all about pay-as-you-go and not driving up the deficit.

That's hooey.

Mr. Bunning, and all Senate Republicans, voted against the pay-as-you-go legislation, which was signed into law last month by President Obama. The legislation contains some exemptions, including emergencies like this one, and it grew out of a need created by the spend now-pay later mindset of the Bush years, during which the Republican-dominated Congress' rubber stamp thumped overtime.