That didn’t take long.

Yesterday, I suggested one consequence of the GOP’s decision to go it all alone was that they couldn’t lose many votes, making every wingnut and dipwad the master of the GOP for a day.  Every single senator knows that if they make the slightest fuss, they’ll get attention, and they’ll get headlines.

Not that any Republican senators are showboats or anything like that.  Nossir!

So four Republicans jumped out in front of the bandstand and began to emote their anguish loudly and publicly.  “Lordy, lordy, we got us some concerns!” they bemoaned.

(What concerns specifically, sir?  Anything we can write about?)

(Beat it, kid!)

The first four were Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), and Mike Lee (R-Utah).  No shrinking violets in that group, and yet they didn’t actually mention anything that drew their concerns.  Newspapers suggested that, because these are ideological Republicans and hard conservatives, they must want more cuts and less accommodation.

That, or they wanted what they got instantly: tons of attention, and suggestions in print that these goobers were really leaders of the Tea Party.

After that, several more Republicans piled on, announcing their own “grave concerns”, but talk about being a day late and a dollar short.  Sorry, the showboats got there first and emoted better.

Are they serious?  Maybe, and yet…  Not a one of these deeply, deeply concerned representatives actually suggested they wouldn’t vote for that steaming pile of nonsense when the vote was jammed through.  Same as always.  I’d have to say they’re following the McCain playbook well.

I don’t want to be too cynical.  These people may, in fact, be deeply concerned public servants.

So far, though, I’m just seeing a bunch of drama queens.