Yeah, Tingles himself. Unlike certain gods-made-men we needn’t name, he does spend a little time worrying about what the rules are. To be sure, he’s coming at this from the perspective of a partisan Democrat — i.e. “don’t do it, Pelosi, or the GOP will use it against us” — but given the repeated assurances from the leadership that no one but no one cares which procedures are used, it’s striking to see an O fan as devout as Matthews so far off-message. He’s genuinely worried about how this will play. And he should be.

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