Sounds plausible to me, but if Frist backs down on this when it becomes necessary, then he is 100% finished as a Leader of any stripe.
NEWSFLASH FROM THE RADIO... FRISTS warning to democrats... "Don't screw around with this compromise, WE WILL put the nuke back on the table, AND WE WILL USE IT!!!!!"
I agree...but I heard him last night state in no uncertain terms that he intents to bring up all the nominees pronto. And if they are foolish enough to try a filibuster, he'll ignite the nuclear option with the backing of all (well, virtually all) Republicans. The moderate wing (Lieberman, etc.) of the Democrats has been looking for a way to separate themselves from the pro-filibuster Kennedy wing of the party. They have no intention of going back to the filibuster route.