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Hugh Hewitt points out (on March 5 via CBS and the Weekly Standard) that Senator Byrd's recent statements clash with his prior statements regarding Senate rules. Even putting aside Byrd's remarks comparing the GOP to the Nazis (remarks which were heartily praised by Senator Ted Kennedy as reported here), still the rest of Byrd's speech had not much substance at all (and ditto for Byrd's follow-up op/ed in the Washington Post which mercifully omitted the Nazis). If the GOP does opt to change the text of the Senate rules (which is only one of several options), then Senator Byrd will have laid much of the groundwork, says Hewitt.