His alternative was to force a vote. When those chickensh*t republicans are forced with having a recorded vote, who knows what would happen?
The compromise resulted in the EXACT SAME THING that a vote on the "constitutional option" would have forced. We got the names, in writing, of the turncoats who were unwilling to stand with Frist and the GOP, and they will be targeted in their next elections:
McCain
DeWine
Snowe
Warner
Graham
Collins
Chafee