In 2005, George W. Bush asked the Republican lead Senate to use reconciliation, which was dubbed "the Nuclear Option," to pass judicial appointments with a simple (51 vote), rather than a "super" (60 vote) majority. The Democrats were livid and compared this with the destruction of the republic (see video).
Now, however, It's all good because they want to use it...oh, and it's not the same thing now either, they say, even though first Senator Obama and then President Obama said that health care passage should absolutely require a super-majority (not in this video). Of course that's when they had a 60 person majority or thought they could get some Republican votes.
Stunning.
