"I did detect a little fear in his voice."
I did too. In fact, I think he is receiving such a backlash from his conservative consituency he is having a lot of misgivings about his deal with the Devil.
Here in SC (specifically the upstate where Graham is from), Graham is getting the thrashing of his life! He said back a few months ago when this crap all started that he would do no less then vote for up or down votes! He lied flat out and he has more then likely seen his last term in office. He has compromised his soul and it will not be the last time he has to do it to appease the liberal devil!
I still don't understand why Frist doesn't put the judges up, then make the Dems actually do a real filibuster, shut the govt down and have video of them holding up the Govt business only to stop an up/down vote...THEN after letting them stew in their mess for awhile release the "nuclear option"...Am I missing something about Frist's power or the technical issues? I'm betting the dems wouldn't even actually DO the filabuster to keep the option open for the Supreme Court..if so...put through all the judges then, right before the Supreme Court fight...release the nuke.
It SEEMS an obvious chess move, but perhaps I have missed something?