In an email sent this evening, the Senate Republican Conference is pointing to the 86-1 cloture vote that just took place on a consumer safety bill as an excellent example of Republican obstruction.

Huh? How’s that, you ask? Well, Democrats claim that there have been 72 Republican filibusters in this Congress. But when they use this number, they are including 37 such votes where cloture was achieved. They are also including five cases where cloture was achieved by unanimous consent (without a vote), and at least three Democratic filibusters of nominations, amendments and/or bills.

That’s a lot of Republican filibusters without a filibuster.