As the hearing was going on last week I heard that using the procedural rules of the Senate the Dems could delay the committe vote a week and there was nothing the Republicans could do about it. After that the Republicans can (and better) push things forward and the Dems can't do anything about it.
Then Frist shouldn't have issued his press release which threatened to withold vacation time unless the vote was held this week. It makes him look silly.
OBSTRUCT OBSTRUCT OBSTRUCT.