You are correct.
IF the Rs wanted Specter handled, he’d be handled.
Specter is just the fall guy because they see him as safe.
The Republican Party is dead.
You are exactly correct, and people are being naive. if any of these three senators had reason to think that there would be repercussions-from their voters, from the party leadership, from their fellow Republican senators-they wouldn’t be adamantly taking the step they’re taking by voting with the rats. Career politicians don’t do things that way.