How medieval would Lyndon Johnson have gone on a member of his caucus who had strayed the way Ted Cruz has?
We cats think, pretty medieval. LBJ's retaliation for Cruz-like antics would have made "the Johnson treatment" look gentle.
But ah, those were the days, and they don't make 'em like Lyndon any more. Particularly on the Republican side of the aisle. But if Mitch McConnell were a man and not a mouse, he would throw Cruz out of the GOP caucus — leaving him high and dry with no committee assignments, unless he got them from the Democrats (ha, ha, ha).
If he were in true Johnson mode, McConnell would also fire Cruz from his "leadership" role at the National Republican Senatorial Committee — a position that Cruz holds even though he has repeatedly refused to endorse his fellow Texan John Cornyn for re-election.
Heck, if we were McConnell, we'd punish Cruz just for giving a press conference during the leader's key floor speech on the shutdown.
But McConnell doesn't have an LBJ bone in his body. Master of the Senate, he's not. We cats PURR.
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