to president obama as it is to me, but he wouldn't dream of criticizing claire mccaskill for that tactical decision. not just because he's a classy guy, although he is, but because he is a practical politician. he wants democrat claire mccaskill to get re-elected in missouri, a state he lost four years ago, and anything she has to do or say to win her re-election there is fine by him. he wants her in the senate to vote for a democratic majority leader and to vote for pat leahy to continue his chairmanship of the judiciary committee with, so she can then vote for whoever president obama might nominate to the supreme court in a second term. in fact, clair mccaskill has been as helpful to the president as any democrat in an unsafe senate seat has ever been. she voted for the stimulus bill. she voted for the affordable care act, which includes several