I actually saw this first in the International Herald Tribue, but later realized they were reproducing a New York Times Op Ed. Either way, the sentence--at the very beginning of a piece--just jumped out at me. It said, simply, that

It is not an inspiring sight to watch the U.S. Senate turn the most important issue facing America into a political football, and then fumble it.

What else can one say?

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