"Libertarian" Disappointed Republicans "squandered a real opportunity to stand on principle"

Really? Did he REALLY say "the point to be made here is that Senate Republicans squandered a real opportunity to stand on principle." http://www.nolanchart.com/article7334.html Republicans??? Principle?!?

Not that I think Demoncrats would. Or could. There's not a nanoparticle of difference between these two sides of this wooden nickel, and neither side spells the word that way. To them, and their bosses at Goldfinger, it's principal.

The only explanation I could discern was at the bottom of the article: the author "teaches internationally", and so has an "other than national" perspective.