so, I would answer NO...
Don't think they can hold the vote up unless Frist lets them. Think they know they lost and want to get this off the front page.
Frist is becoming a bigger disappointment by the day. In all fairness to him, I think it's due to his medical training and bedside manner which makes it very difficult for him to be an AH when called for, and in this case it could be called for... if they are trying to put this off until next week IMHO that is tantamount to filibustering and he should do what he said last week... stop all business in the Senate until this vote is called and taken.
You know...that was what Dana Milbank and Fat Chrissy were saying...
That this is such a loser for the dems...that you would think that they would pass him through quickly, so they can get Abramoff or the NSA scandal front and center...