Twelve people that have a vested interest in either a) securing their election in red states b) securing their power as swing votes believe they can pull this off with minumum damage personally.
My response to them is that we will know who did what and repay them accordingly in their elections.
if McCain is party to this deal (if it materializes), he is done for the 2008 presidential bid I think. because this same "compromise team" would essentially be picking any SCOTUS nominees also - if this compromise deal goes through, the Dems will play the same card with all the SCOTUS nominees, and these 6 Rs will be asked to compromise again or face the rules change. it will just go on and on. that would rule out any conservative SCOTUS nominees.