Once again, GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) proved he’s crazy as a fox. Knowing his days in leadership were numbered, with so many Republicans lining up against him, McConnell outsmarted them all. He refused to suffer the same embarrassment as former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). So, before Republican senators could gang up to dethrone him, he announced his resignation.

And of course, Washington being Washington, we knew what would follow. Fellow Republicans, and even a lot of Democrats, joined in a chorus of praise for what a wise, old leader McConnell has been for the last 17 years. A mile away from the Capitol you could hear the lusty strains of “For he’s a jolly, good fellow!”

Don’t be fooled. Mitch McConnell may be the longest-serving Senate leader in history, but he’ll be remembered not as a great leader, but as a man who failed to lead and who lacked the courage to lead........

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