When a politician
runs for
office on the premise that he has principles and will defend a particular position, but abandons those principles during his first term, the
people who voted for him have been "Toomeyed".
The Jr. Senator from PA ran in
2010 as a staunch defender of the 2nd amendment, assumed
office in 2011, and in 2013 Toomeyed the voters by joining with with the likes of
Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein in a "Yes" vote for cloture on S 649.