The Republican Party that stood during Sen. Mitch McConnell's early years as leader is not the one in place now as he retires.

I wonder whether Democrats would have been better off the past two decades if they had leaders as unapologetically partisan ...

McConnell is ending his "decadeslong tenure as a power broker" and conservative "master strategist" having "ultimately ceded ...

It’s the sort of thing that would seem a bit much from most politicians, but I believe McConnell has loved being a senator.