Opinion | Tuberville’s Hard Beltway Education

The Senate on Tuesday approved 425 U.S. military promotions, which usually wouldn’t attract much attention. But Republican Tommy Tuberville had for months held these officers as hostages in a fight with the Biden Pentagon over abortion. Give the Alabama Senator credit for relenting.

Sen. Tuberville announced he’d release most of his holds, with the exception of a handful of four-star officers. Senate Democrats had been floating a procedural resolution to duck Sen. Tuberville’s blockade, a risky precedent that could cramp every Senator’s prerogatives to review nominees. That was an institutional outcome worth avoiding.