Frist has long since become a member of the Senate "club."
For members of the Senate club, public opinion simply doesn't matter.
He should be dumped at the end of this session (late '05) and replaced with Mitch McConnell.
I think these comments also suggest that the "nuclear option" -- why were we so stupid as to let it get this name??? -- is a dead option. If Frist, who is supposed to make this happen, can't even mildly criticize the judicial branch or the Schiavo courts, how in God's name can we expect that he'll stand up to Harry Reid's threats, let alone get all but five of the GOP senators to?
What an imposing line-up
sigh - Frist needs to taken out to the woodshed