Um, why is this a good thing? His vote was important for committee assignments.
Dude, Chafee has a 26% conservative voting record.
His is lower than many DEMOCRATS!!
Chafee is NO HELP to the GOP and NEVER was.
He was holding up Bolton's nomination to the U.N.
His vote was worthless. If the Senate was 50/50, he would have switched parties anyway. Of all the people who lost tonight, he was one of the few who really deserved to lose.