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Richard N. Bond, a former Republican national chairman, has a a few words to say about filibustering judicial nominees: "[I]nstead of referring to the 'nuclear option,' Republicans ought to refer to the 'Byrd precedent' as they move toward a simple majority vote on judicial nominees. And smile when they say it."

Also, Adam Graham has a column titled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nuclear Option." Peter Sellers would smile. Graham writes:

By allowing the President's nominees to come up and be voted up or down, the Senate would assure that balance is restored to our nation's judicial system. The time for action is now . . . .

Also, Patterico's Pontifications criticizes an opinion piece by Drex Heikes in the LA Times. Heikes' piece includes this quaint quote from former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick: "The rules of the Senate are perfect," he once said. "And if they change every one of them, they will be perfect." Patterico says the Heikes piece reads like one written by a "brazen left-wing hack, who shades the truth and hides the parts he doesn't like." You decide.