They threatened it - they used the FB as a tool whether they actually had to do it or not. That is how we GOT McCain and his gang of 14. Most conservatives, myself included, were incensed that the FB was even considered an option based on our constitutional grounds.
My opinion has not changed. We do not need another gang of 14. I do not feel that the FB should be on the table for judicial nominations. You apparently disagree. I simply cannot stomach the argument that the defense of liberty is served by sacrificing constitutional principles.
And we not have the means to defend those principles if this administration is not reigned in.