How It Unfolded Last Night

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, confers with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as they wait with other senators for the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Capitol in Washington... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, confers with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as they wait with other senators for the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. McCain yesterday called for the United States to lead an "international effort" involving air strikes on Syria's military forces. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Please read Tierney Sneed’s account of being in the Senate chamber last night as it became apparent – in slow, excruciating fashion–that John McCain was going to block Obamacare repeal.

Big props to Tierney, Alice Ollstein, Cameron Joseph and the whole TPM team on covering this unprecedented legislative rollercoaster over the last several weeks and months. They work longer and harder and with more good humor than you can possibly know.

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