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Opinion in Brief

Burt Prelutsky: "For not being able to agree on a bill with which to replace ObamaCare, some Republican senators, including Rand Paul, Jerry Moran, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Lee and Susan Collins, deserve to lose their next elections. As everyone knows, the original 10,000-page piece of legislation was studded with landmines set to explode the second the Republicans tried to dispose of it. But that was a given. The fact that so many holier-than-thou Republicans couldn't bring themselves to agree on a compromise bill proves once again that they don't know the first thing about governing or supporting their president so that he can proceed with his agenda to lower taxes, build a wall and renew the nation's infrastructure. I understand these hold-outs like to think that they're principled and therefore above the fray. However, if their dream is to hover above the common herd and remain squeaky clean, I suggest they leave Washington and pursue a career in the ministry. As I see it, if you're afraid of getting a little muck on yourself, you are clearly unsuited to work in the slaughterhouse we call the U.S. Senate."