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“What we’re talking about here is a perpetual debt ceiling grant, in effect, to the president. Matters of this level of controversy always require 60 votes,” McConnell said.

Reid objected to the 60-vote threshold. “What we have here is a case of Republicans here in the Senate once again not taking yes for an answer,” Reid said. “Now the Republican leader objects to his own idea. So I guess we have a filibuster of his own bill.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/12/06/mcconnell-blocks-up-or-down-vote-on-obama-debt-ceiling-proposal/

Two things to note:
1) 60 votes is the filibuster threshold. Nothing needs 60 votes to pass in the Senate. Things only require 60 votes when a filibuster is put in place to prevent an up-or-down vote.
2) Democrats were clearly happy to vote for the bill. The only way for it to be controversial is if Republicans weren't. McConnell clearly did not introduce it in good faith, and that's putting him in the hilarious position of having to filibuster his own legislation.

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