-est quote on DADT repeal

I struggled with choosing an adjective to describe Susan Collins' quote on the repeal of DADT. Smug? Tone-deaf? Out-of-touch? Desperate? Outrageous? Couldn't decide. Still can't. But it's remarkable.

"It takes time for people to change long held beliefs," Collins said. "I believe if we held this vote five years ago it would not have passed. Seventeen years ago, it was a Democratic president who signed into law Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

"So I think our society is changing," Collins said. "And that it's important to remember who was in charge when this policy was enacted."

Yeah. She's actually blaming the Democrats for DADT, when at the time it was literally the closest to repealing the outright ban that the GOP would let us get. Back before Clinton, Susan, gays were actively hunted down and kicked out of the military.

But you know what? She's right. It is "important to remember who was in charge" when America goes forward.