I thought this was about the principle, and not about the judges? If that's the case, he should be calling for the rules change and getting it over with for ALL the appointees. 56 votes up, and Frist still rolls over on the Constitution. I'm sure it's because he's such a strong leader and these circumstances are so EXTRAORDINARY. /sarc
That or John Bolton doesn't have what Janice Brown or Priscilla Owens had, immunity from Rat charges of sexism, racism, homophobia, etc., by minority status. Not that ANY of the other nominees have that PR going for them now. We know that PR wasn't at all on RINO and Rat minds when they made this great 'deal.' /sarc
But at least we got Owens and Brown, two judges we were guaranteed to get through already, appointed. At least we got Pryor, a judge we were guaranteed to get through already if the rules were changed, appointed. Never mind the future SCOTUS appointment we threw away in the process, and never mind the future appointments the Rats will continue to filibuster successfully--the Rats and RINOs got to draw blood and make it look good with the help of their apologists here. We don't need to appoint white male conservatives anyway, the GOP is all about making sure that affirmative action is alive and well in the judiciary and the RNC. /bitter sarcasm