SEN. HARRY REID WAS ON THE PHONE WITH NEVADA TRANSPORTATION LEADERS and some reporters on Tuesday when he was told that Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., had just withdrawn an amendment attacking federal funding for the proposed Nevada-California maglev train. “We’d beat his ass anyway,” Reid said. “That is really good.” The next day DeMint pushed another amendment targeting maglev. Sure enough, it went down 78-18.