Filibusters: Then and Now

Thanks to Common Sense Junction for the link to Senator John Cornyn's (R-TX) letter to the NY Times editor, in which Cornyn points out the Times' hypocrisy in its view towards the use of the filibuster.

To the Editor:

"The Senate on the Brink" (editorial, March 6) supports the "historic role of the filibuster," which is a curious position for a newspaper that 10 years ago said filibusters were "the tool of the sore loser" and should be eliminated ("Time to Retire the Filibuster," editorial, Jan. 1, 1995).

Now you praise the filibuster as a "time-honored Senate procedure." In 1995, when Bill Clinton was president, you called it "an archaic rule that frustrates democracy and serves no useful purpose."

Oh, how the times have changed.