When they finally get around to it Churchill may not have said, “The Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.” And given the history of the 21st century so far, “always” is way too generous. But occasionally we come up for air after deep dives into the primitive ooze. Well, the ooze eagerly awaits Speaker Mike Johnson after Saturday’s House vote to furnish $61 billion in American aid to Ukraine’s fight to free itself from Russian aggression. More Russophile Republicans voted against the measure than caucus members less cosy with the Moscow’s Make Russia Greater Again dictator. But it passed over the MAGA extremists’ objections. So if they are on-brand, they’ll be coming for Johnson’s seat. Later, if not sooner. The last time Congress approved aid to Ukraine was December 2022, and Democrats held both houses of Congress. President Joe Biden requested more last August, Opposition from close allies of former president “Is it Trump Tower Moscow yet,” currently in exile in Florida and on trial in Manhattan, stalled aid until Ukraine has all but run out of artillery shells to fire back at invaders. Ha! I see now Max Boot referenced the same quotation I used in the first paragraph about finally doing the right thing. He writes: While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wasted months struggling to stand up to his party’s pro-Putin wing, the battlefield situation in Ukraine took an ominous turn for the worse. Russian forces…