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He said he will vote to support Alito. He did not say he would vote for the nuke option. It only takes 41 votes for a filibuster. Republicans do not vote to uphold a filibuster. To break one they have to vote for a rule change which McCain has never voiced support for

Ok, but both DeWine & Graham are on record as saying Alito's nomination does NOT constitute extraordinary circumstances in the "Gang of 14" cowardly document. So if the Dims want to filibuster, DeWine & Graham will both vote for the nuclear option since they will view the Dims as having declared this to be extraordinary circumstances when in fact it is not. Actually I think I would like to see the Dims attempt to filibuster Alito because I believe the nuclear option would be voted on & approved, and the Dims would go ballistic.

[SoCar]

DeWine and Graham make 49 I believe. So we need just one more. Then I will relax. If we had just one more on the record the filibuster will not be attempted. The Rats can count.

We need just one more "Gang" member or Specter on the record for the nuke. Then Alito sails through with no filibuster. Until then I worry slightly.