After a difficult and unsuccessful night of voting on such things as preventing efforts to move terrorists from Guantanamo to the U.S., Harry Reid went to the Senate floor this morning wanting to change the rules mid-game:

What went on last night was ridiculous. We should change those rules. I think it can be done with the Rules Committee. We will have to look at that. That is what happened. It is not going to be that way on this matter on Monday. Senator Kennedy and Enzi managed the bill very well until it ran into the rule that we have here that allows unending amendments on any subject forever, literally, before you get final passage. So we will have multiple votes starting about 5:15 on Monday. Members should plan accordingly.

McConnell used it to hit the Fairness Doctrine campaign during a press availability a bit later:

QUESTION: Senator, you mentioned this morning the possibility of changing the rules to avoid the kind of (inaudible) last night. MCCONNELL: “That reminds me of their effort to get the Fairness Doctrine back. You know, if you don’t like the quality or quantity of speech, shut somebody up. That was one of the reasons I’ve been involved in the McCain-Feingold litigation over the years. “Look, nobody’s going to shut anybody up in the Senate. There’s going to be robust debate. You can just write that down. And I understand Senator Reid’s frustrations, but we’re not going to establish any speech police in the Senate, not now, not ever.”