In times of national crisis, it’s important to put past differences behind us. On the other hand, here’s a new book that trolls Mitch McConnell for 500 pages. Can’t a person have a look?

Let’s be sure we’re talking about the same Mitch McConnell. I’m speaking of that most impartial of important American leaders, that great-souled friend of the common man, that subtle thinker and embodiment of joie de vivre whose visage is easy to imagine on Mount Rushmore. I think we have the same guy in mind.

The author of “Mitch, Please!: How Mitch McConnell Sold Out Kentucky (and America, Too)” is Matt Jones, the young founder of a popular sports radio show in Kentucky. On the air, he mixes basketball talk with a salting of news and his upbeat brand of progressive politics. Jones is so popular in Kentucky that he has been encouraged by some Democratic leaders to run for office. He even considered competing for the United States Senate, with the hope of unseating McConnell in 2020.

While considering this race, and to take the temperature of his home state, Jones decided to drive through each of Kentucky’s 120 counties. (Kentucky, why so many counties?) He wanted to understand why McConnell polls so poorly in Kentucky yet is serving his sixth full term in the Senate. “Mitch, Please!” is an account of that road trip.