You're completely right about the baseline of what represents "extreme" to the Democrats once those three get confirmed. I keep forgetting that point.
I heard George Allen on the Chris Matthews show this evening and he says that going into Sunday night, Frist had the votes to invoke the Constitutional Option, which is interesting, because we've all speculated it's likely he did not have the votes.
Allen also said that should the Democrats violate the agreement, he fully expects Frist to invoke the Constitutional Option. It was my concern we didn't carve out similar language that the Democrats did, but I guess your thinking is in line with Allen's ... that it wasn't really necessary to carve it out because it's always going to be an option.
Good taking with you, M.
I'm liking George Allen more and more...