Picture of the day.

Via digby...

That's Harry Reid giving Dan Choi his West Point ring back, which he promised to do when the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell was passed.

It does, indeed, get better.

The stage is set.

63-33.

That's 'just' the cloture vote, of course.

Case closed, though. Looks like history tomorrow.

They didn't wait. Final passage 65-31.

Yeah for us. All of us.

Good question...

..from Laura Conaway at Maddow Blog...

If, after years of debate and two votes for repeal in the House and the waste of $1.3 billion in taxpayer money and 13,000 service members and full support from the Pentagon, the Senate musters the votes needed to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell but somehow can't find the time to do it, then how on earth are they going to call themselves a serious legislative body?

Quote of the Day.

Admiral Michael "Mike" Mullen, US Navy, 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, on DADT repeal...

I would not recommend repeal of this law if I did not believe in my soul that it was the right thing to do for our military, for our nation and for our collective honor.

Aye, aye, Sir!

Yes, you would.

Or at least you might hope. John Cole...

You would think the people screaming at Obama to undo DADT faster would remember who gave us DADT and DOMA.