I Called It

Wheeling Johnson into the Senate chamber for a vote of conscience is completely brilliant.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid left open the possibility Thursday of bringing in the South Dakota senator who's recuperating from brain surgery if Democrats need his vote to move forward with a resolution opposing a troop increase in Iraq.

"We'll have to see. He's doing very well," Reid, D-Nev., said regarding Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., in a brief interview with McClatchy Newspapers.

Johnson's chief of staff downplayed the remarks and said that Johnson's not ready. Hopefully it's not needed. If it happens, it'd be the height of drama, however.