Well, this is embarrassing for a would-be governor: State Sen. Mae Beaver's signature piece of legislation this session, the anti-transgender bathroom bill, died during its very first hearing today in the Senate Education Committee.

And when we say it died, please note it died in the most humiliating fashion possible: The legislation could not get a motion, much less a second for discussion.

That's right, there was no vote to kill the bill. Beavers was not even allowed to introduce her rumored amendment to the bill. The bill was introduced, and none of the committee members would touch it with a ten-foot pole, not even conservative, anti-gay stalwarts like Sen. Brian Kelsey or Sen. Joey Hensley.

The House version is still technically alive, having been rolled a week in House Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee on Tuesday, but it doesn't really matter — the bathroom bill is as dead as Rayna James, y'all. Tennessee will continue to be less crazy than Texas, for now, which is a very good thing indeed, even if, as Sen. Jeff Yarbro tweeted, "But it’s a sad commentary that the state not shooting itself in the foot is a win around here."