One of the Reasons I Admire Moderates Like Chuck Hagel

Read this from an appearance yesterday by GOP Senator Chuck Hagel, one of the few moderates - that is, among the GOP - left on Capitol Hill. He says we don't have to kill the democratic (note the small "d") filibuster to get from here to there.

At its heart, aren't most registered Republicans - and Dems, too, as well as Indies - moderates? So why is Congress and the White House filled with extremists?

[Note: I no longer watch Sunday morning pol shows. If I do, I have to take 5x the amount of blood pressure medication I do now. ::clearing throat::]