Once again, the people spoke. If it were up to the leadership of the party in charge the Pence Amendment would have been deep-sixed. The sentiment was so strong that it overrode the leadership. That almost never happens.

Fortunately, in the Senate Minority Leader McConnell has issued an unusually strong statement against the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.

And my old friend Trent Lott clarified what he meant by his previous statement - namely, that talk-radio is running the country and something has to be done about that. That just didn't sound like the Trent Lott I have known for close to 40 years. I need not worry. Lott says he is absolutely against reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. So if Senator Reid tries to attach that bill, supported by so many Democrats, in the middle of the night, he will encounter both McConnell and Lott. McConnell is really pro-freedom. He was a leading force in arguing that McCain/Feingold was unconstitutional when it attempted to regulate political speech.

Then there are the pernicious recommendations of the Progressive Policy Institute which are even worse than the Fairness Doctrine. But that is the topic for another day. That, says Pence, is the Fairness Doctrine by another means. Wow! What a day last week.