Oh, I get it, and hope he does take a hike at the right time. But why give the Dems a veto-proof Senate majority now this way?
It's not like they don't already have one with him and the Wicked Witches from the North (Maine) anywise.
I say, conservatives ought to pressure him to leave. This would damage him somewhat in the eyes of the constituents in PA, and would free up Pat Toomey (a TRUE conservative) from having to waste money in a bruising primary battle in 2010. Who knows, if Specter were a Dem, and Toomey the GOP candidate, the GOP establishment might possibly actually support him this time around.