The Senate Will Be Worse Without Tom Coburn

Common sense for the most part is on an extended vacation. We have the worst Congress in our history. We have the worst President in our history. Now we are losing a man who has common sense:  Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who is resigning his seat on Jan. 3 — two years before his term expires — took to the Senate floor on a Friday afternoon to tie it up one last time.

Coburn, an obstetrician who arrived in Congress 20 years ago, had one day earlier given a tearful farewell address in which he criticized the way the Senate is run and urged his colleagues to think less about what they could bring back to their states and more about how they can serve their country.

From the Washington Examiner: Our editorial today: The Senate will be worse without Tom Coburn washex.am/13vLPbO