Sen. Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) has a sweeping multi-year plan for his reimagining of U.S. defense spending.
But McConnell is exiting the stage. The Kentucky Republican is retiring at the end of this Congress and his ongoing health problems (he spent more than a week in the hospital recently with flu-like symptoms) may limit his ability to be front and center in this debate for the rest of the year.