Chuck Schumer is doing us a favor. 

Often, parties try to obscure or deny their radical plans prior to an election, but the Senate majority leader is being more candid. 

In a session with reporters at the Democratic National Convention, Schumer (D-NY) suggested that — should Democrats win the White House, Senate and House in November — he would seek to end the filibuster for purposes of passing voting rights and abortion legislation. 

This would be an inflection point in American government. 

There’s no nuking the legislative filibuster a little bit. 

The end run around the Senate’s long-standing requirement for 60 votes to pass nonfiscal legislation might begin with voting rights and abortion, but it surely wouldn’t end there