Tommy Tuberville is playing checkers while the Pentagon is playing baseball

And they're throwing brushback pitches now.

From NBC via Yahoo! -

Space Command builds out Colorado HQ as Congress members try to force Alabama move

The head of U.S. Space Command is building out his military command headquarters in Colorado, even as members of Congress try to force the Defense Department to move the headquarters to Alabama as planned by holding funding hostage, two congressional officials and two defense officials say.

NBC News was first to report that the Biden administration is reconsidering an approved move of the headquarters to Alabama because the state has imposed a near total ban on abortion.

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.If the headquarters moved to Alabama, it would be at Redstone Arsenal, which does not have a base hospital, leaving staff members and dependents to rely on local civilian medical providers. The military would have to pay for female service members and dependents to leave the state for abortions and some reproductive care. The command is expected to have about 1,400 personnel, many of whom will be civilians, plus their families.

That last thing may be the most relevant part to Tuberville.

From CNN (emphasis added by me) -

Despite alternatives, Tuberville steadfast in hold against Pentagon nominations

Months into his hold on military nominees, Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is still not relenting despite efforts by some of his own Republican colleagues to try and give him alternatives to back off his blockade.

Since Tuberville announced his effort in March, there is now a backlog of 250 military appointments, a number only expected to grow in the months ahead. Pentagon officials have warned it’s having an impact on national security and military readiness, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has publicly said he doesn’t back it and one Senate Democrat is warning it could become a campaign issue for the GOP.

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But the Alabama senator pledges he won’t back down until he has a vote on the Senate floor on codifying the Biden-era Pentagon policy that ensures service members can access abortion services. Tuberville maintains he’s never heard from the White House nor from Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer to negotiate an end to his hold. Instead, he argued he’s only had a brief conversation with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and heard from colleagues who have attacked him for his tactic.

Something tells me that Tuberville would play checkers really badly.

Actually, I believe that there aren't many members of Congress who make former Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) look smart, but Tuberville is one.