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McConnell extended the simple majority vote rule to the SCOTUS, not Reid. That was a major escalation, not tit for tat. Right after he stuffed Garland's nomination. Right after 8 years of outright obstructionism. McConnell also took full advantage of the rule change wrt lower court nominees, as was his due. That was what the GOP wanted as far back as 2005.
The way I see it, Dems will necessarily be forced to escalate beyond that when we get power if we're to preserve middle class prosperity, egalitarian democracy & common decency in the way we deal with each other. FYGM is no way to run a first world country yet remains the GOP ideal. What they crave is a distribution of income, wealth & power like we had 120 years ago.
Reset the country, judiciary before it was crippled thanks to Russian interference.. then make it so that 2/3rd majority is required for lifetime positions.
Seems a perfectly reasonable and fair to everyone except ofcourse those who wanna destroy the country and get off on other people being miserable like Trumpie and his followers.