This week the Golden Carp is awarded to reporter Billy House at the Arizona Republic

Recently in the Arizona Republic a reporter by the name of Billy House (what adult still goes by Billy except maybe Jimmy) writes: "A TV ad campaign aimed at saving the Senate filibuster rule is airing in Arizona ..with the flickering image of Sen. Jefferson Smith played by Jimmy Stewart in the classic 1939 film
Mr. Smith goes To Washington.

He continues " The goal of the Arizona ads funded by the liberal People for the American Way Foundation is to encourage Sen John McCain, R-AZ., to fight to help save the rule, which allows for extended debate in the Senate to have the effect of preventing a vote." (notice he does not qualify his piece by mentioning that limit is on debate in the judiciary committee ONLY)

Further on he writes, " ..Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist R-Tenn., has threatened to invoke the so called 'nuclear option' this month that would have the effect of undoing the 200-year-old Senate filibuster practice".
Still no mention that the change would only apply to the judiciary committee.

Then he reports, "If Frist succeeds, the votes of just 50 senators and the tie-breaking vote of the Vice President would be enough to cut off debate and confirm any nominee to the federal courts or the Supreme Court."

WHAT? The name of this guy's column (its not an op-ed) is AZ IN D.C. and he does not know that the proposed option only applies to the judiciary committee. Yes, a majority would only be needed to cut off debate under the "nuclear option", but then the entire senate would have to vote to confirm. Evidently McCain is listening to the Liberal People for the American Way. He does not support ending debate in the senate on judicial nominees.