In Washington, D.C., this week, a duel is playing out in the Senate. Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is planning to move legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller through his committee, with a view to it getting a vote on the Senate floor.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is claiming the legislation will never get a vote. The scene is bizarre and confounding, with Grassley rightly claiming that McConnell does not run the Judiciary Committee, and McConnell appearing out of step with a shifting tide that has more Republican senators and House members voicing support for legislation like that which the Judiciary Committee will shortly consider.