Lemme get this straight. Senator McConnell and the Republicans think they’ll appeal to women by adding an anti-abortion provision to a human trafficking bill? A provision the Democrats say was slipped in after they’d agreed to the previous language of the bill? Then when the Democrats balk McConnell says he’ll hold up a vote on the nomination of another woman for Attorney General until they allow the abortion language to stand?

“We can’t pass the trafficking bill right now,” McConnell told CNN in an interview. “And I wanted to hold a vote on the attorney general but if I can’t get this bill through first then I’m going to have to delay the confirmation vote.”

Remember, McConnell said after the Republican victory in the 2014 midterms that he’d show the world his party knows how to govern. He didn’t mention that hostage-taking would be a part of that exhibition.

Mitch, you miserable slimy man, this is no way to get women to vote for your party. Moreover, by delaying a vote on Loretta Lynch, you just perpetuate Eric Holder’s tenure in the AG job, and he’s the most hated man in the Obama Administration, perhaps even more hated than the President himself.

Children, don’t take lessons on governing from this man.