McConnell Changes Mind On Earmarks: "the American people have spoken"

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), Senate Republican Leader, has reversed course on a proposed earmark ban, saying in a floor speech just now that

“. . .on the issue of congressional earmarks, as the leader of my party in the Senate, I have to lead first by example. Nearly every day that the Senate’s been in session for the past two years, I have come down to this spot and said that Democrats are ignoring the wishes of the American people. When it comes to earmarks, I won’t be guilty of the same thing.”
(from National Review Online)