Reid agreed with it. He doesn't want to be up there saying this crap.
Lurch just said that ALito represents extraordinary circumstance - let that sink in.
-PJ
So, when Alito is confirmed, I would LOVE to see a reprise of the classic DU hack saying "All your SCOTUS are belong to us!" That popup was spit-take funny when we regained the Senate in 2002. (BTW, I'm still looking for a screen-cap of that, all the links I've found are dead)