[bcsco]

"So Feingold brings it up, Senator Frist calls for Unanimous Consent to VOTE on it, and Reid has to object to having a vote, because they don't actually want to vote on it.

Then after Feingold speaks, Arlen gets up to have a 'debate' with him, but Russ runs off, with Arlen asking him to stay and then asking his staff to go get him.

Then he spends most of his speech trashing Feingold for not staying around to actually debate his resolution.

Durbin comes and asks a question of Specter, and Specter says 'you're harder to debate than the senator from Wisconsin'."

Where did you get this? Did this actually happen on the Senate floor? I recall someone on FR this a.m. suggesting that Frist should call for a vote if he had the cojones, but haven't heard anything definite. If this is true, it's really something!

[CharlesWayneCT]

There's a live thread on the subject, I believe the debate is over for now but you can read all the messy details. Thread's over in breaking news I think, so it's easy to find.

[popdonnelly]

"So Feingold brings it up, Senator Frist calls for Unanimous Consent to VOTE on it, and Reid has to object to having a vote, because they don't actually want to vote on it."

If the Democrats don't want to vote on it, they can get Feingold to withdraw it. It's not necessary to play a cheesy political game.