> The issue — whether the McConnell Rule is now binding precedent The rule might be law. > Whether McConnell likes it or not, the McConnell Rule is law. The

> The issue — whether the McConnell Rule is now binding precedent The rule might be law. > Whether McConnell likes it or not, the McConnell Rule is law. The rule is law. > if McConnell still were to maintain that the McConnell Rule is not law, The rule might not be law. > McConnell’s claim on March 16, 2016, to be bound by it [...] was a lie Yep. > This is obviously too great a cost for McConnell to risk. Nope.