Strange Alliances

There are alliances forming on the political landscape that I thought I'd never see happen in my lifetime.  The NRA has joined the ACLU lawsuit over government spying, the rationale given by the NRA is that the government could use their information trove to punish NRA members and gun owners in general.

The NRA, in an amicus brief in support of the ACLU, argues that the mass surveillance program provides "the government not only with the means of identifying members and others who communicate with the NRA and other advocacy groups, but also with the means of identifying gun owners without their knowledge or consent".

 Meanwhile on the Syria debate, John Kerry and John McCain are making nice with each other along with Saxby Chambliss, but Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are opposed. 

But the vote exposed deep schisms in both parties. Two of the committee’s most liberal members — Udall and Murphy — voted no, while Markey, another liberal champion, declined to take a position. Among Republicans, Corker, Flake and McCain — generally considered establishment party members who have supported other Obama administration policies in recent months — agreed with the Democratic majority, while five of their GOP colleagues, including two considering presidential campaigns, voted no.
The Rubio and Paul votes are most notable and serve as the first opportunity to put potential 2016 candidates on the record on an important foreign policy matter. Their no votes likely make it difficult for other would-be GOP presidential candidates, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), to support any resolution.
The committee vote was close — but not along party lines — a good reminder that military engagement in Syria has scrambled the two parties and two chambers like few other issues in recent years.

Wow, what's next, does Peter DeFazio become a Republican?