what hypocrisy

Not long after Specter met privately with Republican senators to explain his decision, the party's leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, said the switch posed a "threat to the country." The issue, he said, "really relates to ... whether or not in the United States of America our people want the majority party to have whatever it wants, without restraint, without a check or balance."

does anyone recall mcconnell saying it threatened the country when richard shelby or ben nighthorse campbell became republicans in the wake of the 1994 gop takeover of both houses of congress?

neither do i.