Senate Republicans have resorted to one of their favorite tactics in defending their Supreme Court blockade: portraying themselves as the victims. Right now, they're trying to make the case that Democrats are picking on Sen. Chuck Grassley, (R-IA) chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) suggested Thursday that Democrats had violated Senate rules with their weeks-long rhetorical attacks on Sen. Chuck Grassley's Supreme Court strategy. "I think to objective observers that what has ensued over the last week or two has been a concentrated effort to impugn the reputation and honor of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee," he said. […] Adam Jentleson, a spokesman for Reid, quickly fired back that if Grassley "is sensitive about people pointing out his blind obedience to the dictates of Donald Trump and Senator McConnell, Senator Grassley should simply stop obeying the dictates of Donald Trump and Senator McConnell.”

Like that will happen. Grassley himself has been plenty whiny, tweeting out this unbelievable complaint:

x Wish Repubs had bn invited to Dems secret closed door SCOTUS meeting at WH this PM We heard fr them abt Rep secret meet in comm this am — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) March 11, 2016