[Erik Latranyi]

What the Miers incident proved is that compromise gets you nothing.

You are confusing compromise for political gain with compromise of your principles.

To compromise in order to move the ball in your direction is a better alternative to getting nothing at all. To compromise your principles on a nominee that you have full control over is ludicrous.

[thoughtomator]

When have we compromised and gotten a result of the ball moving in our direction?