[ColdWater]

If it only 'almost' broke windows at 1000 feet then was not supersonic.

The 'present' vote here is really a nay that the guy doesn't want on his record.

[csense]

The 'present' vote here is really a nay that the guy doesn't want on his record.

That may be true, but the important point here is that a nay vote doesn't represent a constitutional objection, or protest, as Ron Paul seems to think it does.