I share skeeter's concern about the GOP playing identity politics over this. More likely, instead of putting the genie back in the bottle, the RATS will likely escalate. This embracing of identity politics would certainly not be good in the long run.
Either way, I'm hoping we get Estrada in. It'd make me quite happy to spike one down the RATS throats. Conservatives have been eating s**t for years, so it's time to make them eat some. If only we had Senate Republicans that didn't play by Maquis of Queensbury rules....