Dingy must be getting desperate if he’s trying to dig up this ancient relic of a talking point.

Via Politico:

Harry Reid called Mitch McConnell’s views on gender equity “shocking” and “troubling,” claiming less than four months before the election that the “war regarding women is not over.”

Last week, McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, said he believed women have come a “long way” on pay equity, citing the rise of female executives, according to the Oldham Era (Ky.). Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader, said those remarks were reminiscent of George W. Bush’s infamous “mission accomplished” moment in Iraq in 2003.

Reid, citing Senate Republican’s blockade of a bill aimed at narrowing pay disparities, said McConnell was declaring victory prematurely.

“The only thing missing from the Republican leader’s declaration would be an aircraft carrier and a large ‘mission accomplished’ sign hanging in the background,” Reid said. “The Republican leader suggested the notion of ensuring the rights for American women is tantamount to preferential treatment. That was his opinion. That’s as shocking as it is troubling.”