George Will on Filibusters

We agree on this and the Chicago Cubs, so maybe the guy's not all bad.

Some conservatives oddly seem to regret the fact that the government bristles with delaying and blocking mechanisms -- separation of powers, bicameral legislature, etc. The filibuster is one such mechanism -- an instrument for minority assertion. It enables democracy to be more than government-by-adding-machine, more than a mere counter of numbers. The filibuster registers intensity, enabling intense minorities to slow or stop government.

Thanks, George, and I promise not to forget this when the Democrats are in charge of everything again.