Lisa Murkowski becomes the third member of the GOP Senate caucus, along with Susan Collins and Scott Brown, to endorse a repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The Alaska senator says in a statement: “my support for moving the Defense Authorization bill forward, which includes a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, will depend on whether the majority allows for an open and fair amendment process. This is a weighty, policy-laden bill that normally takes several weeks to debate and amend. If the majority attempts to push it through allowing little or no debate or votes on amendments, I will be inclined to oppose those efforts.”
If Reid really wants to repeal DADT, he can bring up the legislation as a stand-alone bill. With the votes of Murkowski, Brown, and Collins, the Democrats wouldn’t even need all 58 members of their caucus to vote for repeal.
