What about the possibility of a spoken-only agreement to vote down these three nominees?
Some commentators are crowing that it will be harder to filibuster future nominees because these three will get confirmation and are the most "offensive" of the lot. What if the Seagrams 7 sold their votes and the Democrats can show by their Senate defeat how horrible the nominees were?
If there is indeed and oral agreement on some nomiees..it will blow the compromise wide open..and remember, there is NO such thing as a secret in DC..