>>>>Frist can just circumvent the committee and bring a nominee to the floor.
BS. Yeah, Frist COULD circumvent Spector, but he won't. Frist will be telling us what will happen when he puts Spector in charge of the committee. The only reason to put Spector on the committee is to stop pro-life judges. Period. If he won't stand up to him now, why would he later?
I've heard Frist has presidential ambitions. This one is make or break with me, and I suspect many other pro lifers. If Frist lets Spector run pro-lifers out of the judiciary, I have no use for him.
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I'm not sure about this, but how many republicans are there on the committee? And, even without Spector, do they have enough committee votes to bring nominees to the floor anyway?