Washington — Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.) tells NRO that he is willing to legislate till late December in order for his party to pass key initiatives, including a stand-alone repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

“Let’s do Christmas again together,” Udall chuckles in an interview off the Senate floor, referencing the health-care debates from a year ago. On DADT, “We have 60-plus votes, so we should stay as long as it takes.”

“The Senate is a test of wills,” Udall says. He urges his colleagues to “show the willingness to stay here.”