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I'm a little disappointed in Santorum. He apparently is encouraging Specter to make these conciliatory statements. The skinny is that Santorum is worried about 2006 and will need Specter's support for re-election.

Santorum has lost a huge amount of credibility in my book. to see him make all those impassioned, eloquent, brave arguments for life on the floor of the Senate, and then support a man like Specter, who has no respect for life whatsoever, was repulsive. His support for Specter in light of his most recent comments is just pathetic.

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But you know, Rick Santorum knows that if you remove Spector from the Chairmanship, then Spector becomes an enemy. They can always remove him if he doesn't follow through with his promise to get the Bush nominees through the commmittee.

Another thought is that maybe the pubbies want it to be Spector who reads the political writing on the wall and decides to resign the Chairmanship, rather than push him out. They need to get Spector on the reservation and keep him there because they need his vote.