(ie: Democratic Senators up for re-election)
In MA, Senator Kennedy is untouchable as long as he runs....he does the small stuff that people depend on from their government.
Senator Kerry is another matter.
(opinion)
Can you imagine the outcry there would have been if Jesse Helms had tried a filibuster against Judge Ginsburg in 1993? The lefties who now support a filibuster would have been screaming about far right racists trying to thwart the will of the elected president. What hypocrites they are.