After yesterday’s historic vote on the so-called ‘Nuclear Option’, Mitch McConnell stated, “This is the latest escalation in the left’s never-ending judicial war, the most audacious yet, and it cannot and it will not stand. There cannot be two sets of standards: one for the nominees of the Democratic president and another for the nominees of Republican presidents.”

So, I decided to see what “the left’s never-ending judicial war” looked like. I figured, if the double standard that McConnell is fighting against really exists, then surely this pattern will emerge by looking at the history of filibustered nominations.

This chart shows every time a filibuster/cloture has been attempted for a judicial or cabinet appointment since it was first allowed in 1949. Take a look and see if you agree with McConnell on the source of this unprecedented brinkmanship.