"If they were proud of this bill they wouldn't be doing it this way. They wouldn't be jamming it through in the middle of the night on the last weekend before Christmas."
This from a guy who forced 124 year old Robert Byrd to be hauled onto the Senate floor in the middle of the night to help break a Republican filibuster -- a filibuster of troop funding of all things.
The ailing Byrd was brought inside the chamber in a wheelchair, and his colleagues reacted by applauding. During that applause, Byrd raised his hand with a thumbs-up to signal an "aye" vote as he was heard saying, "Shame, shame."
"Ssssssss!" -Mitch McConnell