McConnell's crude oil policy

Today's Herald-Leader has an editorial on Mitch McConnell's obstructionism:

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell won: The Senate went home for five weeks without doing anything to lower energy prices or expand supply.

McConnell, who filibustered three energy bills, is holding out for a vote on off-shore drilling. He's hoping voters will blame Democrats and, even more improbably, his opponent, Bruce Lunsford, for prices at the pump.

...what McConnell is doing is good for the oil industry and may even prove to be smart politics. But it's not responsible leadership.