Only a couple of days since Congressional democrats patted themselves on the back for draining the swamp.

“We have kept our promise to drain the swamp that is Washington, D.C.,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said, adding that the legislation is “historic.”

Pelosi is now devoting her time to her memoirs so we can be inspired by swamp-draining achievements and possibly hope to rise to such heights as well.

The Everglades flow from north to south, but the Washington swamp flows in a circle--the icky swamp water Congress drained has simply circulated through Harry Reid's office back into the swamp. I'm sure Nancy had no idea this was happening...

Virtually every earmark reform contained in the Senate version of "ethics reform" has been stripped out.

Fortunately real swamp-drainers like Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn have manned their airboats to try to force Democrats to do the right thing.

Unfortunately, Senator minority leader Mitch McConnell is AWOL on meaningful ethics reform. Democrats are working hard to characterize this as a "test of McConnell's leadership", but the bottom line is that the Democrat have are trying for an end run--offering to give up the prostitution business but keeping the drug business.

Here's hoping that McConnell figures out the difference between leadership and authority...