senators want them to be. there is this myth of tradition that it likes to sort of wrap itself up as an institution. but really, what it is, it s over 200 years of history of people who are doing what is politically convenient at the time and shouting it in the grand myths of prediction. it s absolutely true. we are making an exception to the filibuster here because it is politically advantageous to mitch mcconnell. he doesn t want to have this fight because he s worried that if you filibustered the debt ceiling, it will go through with the new color option and change the rules. so he s making this as an exception. and senator warren is absolutely right. there s no principal reason why, if you re going to make an exception here you could make it on other things, such as voting rights. so hopefully, it s a weird thing that s happening right now, but hopefully this is a modest step forward towards rules reform. it is things like, this it s the small steps. it s things like senator cotton