Some of them do listen.

Not many of them, but some of them.  By 'them' I refer, of course, to our congressional overlords humble elected public servants.  Responding to the growing chorus of concerns over the SOPA/PIPA 1-2 punch making its way through Congress, one of the Senate version's original sponsors has now decided to ask the Majority Leader to withdraw the bill.  Good for you, Senator Rubio.  And, as usual, he provides a clear and concise reason for his decision.  His explanation is a toned-down version of what most of the concerned folks have been saying all along - this is too broad a power to grant a power-hungry government.  There are better ways to combat online piracy, even if it can never be eliminated entirely.  This statement puts Senator Rubio on record along with several former supporters of the bill, including several co-sponsors.  He's not the first to back down, but he's the most recent and certainly the most articulate.  That's why he's mentioned here today.

They don't all listen though.  The good people of Nevada were kind enough to return a corrupt senile jackass to the Senate last year and the good people of the Democrat caucus were kind enough to leave him in charge.  So what are his plans now?  Apparently he's content to admit that the bill is a problem and move forward anyway.  Yeah, seriously.  He hopes to sort it all out with a managers' amendment later on.  No, I'm not kidding.  Listen to the man himself.  (And in case you need a preemptive debunking of his horseshit talking point about protecting jobs, I would refer you to my earlier thoughts on the subject.)