Cry me a freaking river (subscription only):

“After you do one really, really big, really, really hard thing that makes everybody mad, I don’t think anybody’s excited about doing another really, really big thing that’s really, really hard that makes everybody mad,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said. “Climate fits that category.”

The people of Missouri elected Senator McCaskill to make hard decisions. That is what being a Senator is all about. If Senator McCaskill isn’t up to the task, she should retire in 2012 and make room for someone who is.

Update — A. Siegel adds:

Perhaps the American public, who are paying your salary (and your health insurance and your retirement), might think that your job is to work on the hard and important problems that require addressing.