The most notable development in this "deal" is something that very few people have mentioned -- and that is the absence of Arlen Specter (one of the most radical liberals in the U.S. Senate, regardless of party affiliation) from that group of seven GOP senators who brokered the agreement.
Anyone who thinks George W. Bush came this far in politics only to have his executive appointments held up by an old, mediocre inbred like Robert Byrd is really delusional.
14 posted on 05/25/2005 6:36:59 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but lord I'm free.)