In titling this clip featuring Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, The Associated Press noted that the “Bin Laden-Fed Unity May Be Short-Lived” in Congress. You think?

McConnell took the opportunity to register his support for a continuation of the Patriot Act, which he believes has been working for us Americans over the last decade. You think? –KA

AP via YouTube:

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