Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) excoriated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) on the senate floor for pushing the "nuclear option" to eliminate the filibuster for executive appointments Thursday afternoon.
McConnell said if the Reid succeeds he will be remembered as "the worst leader of the senate ever":
MITCH MCCONNELL: [...] And who manufactured this crisis? We know who manufactured it. The guy right over here on my left. So this is really a sad, sad day for the United States Senate. And if we don't pull back from the brink here, my friend, the majority leader, is going to be remembered as the worst leader of the senate ever. The leader of the senate who fundamentally changed the body. It makes me sad. All of my members are angry. I'm more sad about it, but it's a shame that we have come to this. I sure hope all the Democratic senators are there Monday night. I'm certainly going to encourage my members to be there. It's high time we sat down and tried to understand each other because many members on the other side are hearing a different version of the facts that are largely unrelated to reality. So, Mr. President, I know my friend, the majority leader, will have the last word. He reminds me of that frequently on a daily basis that the difference between being the majority leader and the minority leader is he gets the last word, so I will yield the floor and listen to the last word.