That's true.... however Specter put the kabosh to bringing this forward earlier in Nov, primarily to allow the anti-Alito left-wing opponents more time to smear and lie about Alito. If Bush & the Senate Repukes had not supported Specter over Toomey, they would not end up now having to deal with Specter's obstructionism. In fact they could have stopped Specter from being judiciary chairman.... but Specter lied and said he would not undermine Bush's nominees, which in fact he has done ever since. So Bush & his cowardly Senate Repukes have no ones to blame but themselves for the delay of 2 months. Apparently judiciary committee staffers have been idly wasting time for the past 2 months with very little to do up until now.
I agree with your comments completely.