George Will takes on the Senate Republicans

The Left Coaster has a post on George Will's change of heart when it comes to changing Senate rules to make filibusters of judicial nominees impossible.

Evincing what historian Richard Hofstadter called "the ruthlessness of the pure in heart," Republicans might change Senate rules to make filibusters of judicial nominees impossible. Some Republican senators' hearts are about as pure as the driven slush after the treatment they dished out to some of President Clinton's judicial nominees.

So how does Will think conservatives should stand on this issue?

The filibuster is an important defense of minority rights enabling democratic government to measure and respect not merely numbers but also intensity in public controversies. Filibusters enable intense minorities to slow the governmental juggernaut. Conservatives, who do not think government is sufficiently inhibited, should cherish this blocking mechanism.