Extremists smack down the disabled

A good editorial from the Courier-Journal:

Now 89 and in frail health, Sen. (Bob) Dole made an unusual appearance Tuesday in his wheelchair on the Senate floor to support a United Nations treaty that would establish the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 as a non-binding international standard. That act was signed into law by Republican President George H.W. Bush.

...A few Republican senators with more sense and courage than their colleagues voted for the bill, including Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Dick Lugar of Indiana. They, sadly, did not include Kentucky senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, who both voted no.

Americans need to pay attention. The Republican Party has become hopelessly hostage to its most extreme members when someone as respected as Bob Dole can no longer appeal to reason.