The Filibuster II

PVW said:

 I took the context as being the assertion that the parties are asymmetrical in their legislative goals and that the filibuster therefore helps Republicans but not Democrats. It's true that under Trump their legislative ambitions were mainly obstructionist or focused on taxes, but I don't think that's necessarily true as a general purpose observation -- hence my putting forth an example of the kind of more activist legislative projects I can imagine Republicans pursuing that would be hampered by a Democratic filibuster.

Would McConnell (or a future Republican majority leader) simply abolish the filibuster? I don't know, but the answer isn't obviously "yes" to me.

Would a reformed filibuster of the kind that made it painful for Republicans to oppose HR.1 or Democrats to oppose the effective outlawing of abortion and most birth control be a better situation than we have today? I believe so. I'd like to think that a Democratic Senate majority would pay that cost, and even have a decent chance at successfully blocking such a bill, and that the current Republican minority would have a hard time committing to and sustaining a successful filibuster against a major voting rights bill.

 I don't disagree with any of this. I just doubt that any of it figures into McConnell's whining about ending the filibuster. 

I think McConnell would get rid of the filibuster if he needed to, to get some major legislation done.