If we can't count on Warner, Graham and Dewine now, then we couldn't count on them to invoke nuke option. So we're no worse off, and we sidestepped a terrible defeat which would have put the judicial nominee fiibuster up on a pedestal for the rest of the Bush Presidency. Which would you prefer?
My preference is that at least a few of these RINOs wanted to give the moderate Dems a way out of the mess.
We'll see...