Some sort of criminal justice reform is going to get done. It is just going to take some muscle at the right moment.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said as much, telling reporters he would bring a reform bill to the floor if he can guarantee a supermajority and only after the election. “Criminal justice has been much discussed,” McConnell said on Wednesday. “What we’ll do after the election is take a whip count, and if there are more than 60 senators who want to go forward on that bill, we’ll find time to address it.”