bunning did in the senate this week. the folks celebrating jim bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. but to embrace jim bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian. if you really are a deficit hawk. if you really care about spending and responsibility. i mean, sure, jim bunning quicked soically blocked this one bill that involved spending money, but look at jim bunning s record. as we pointed out last night, senator bunning s been voting to add billions to the deficit for years, including many, many, many, many, many votes for bills like the one that he was roadblocking this week weren t paid for. votes like the 2001 bush tax cuts. the 2003 bush tax cuts. the medicare prescription drug benefit. the 2003 extension of unemployment benefits. the 2008 war supplemental bill, just to cherry-pick a few. here s something to keep in mind, as republican senators continue to argue against reconciliation to pass health reform, as the repu