They will take the weekend and claim this as some sort of victory, when in fact it's a parlimentary parlor trick.
They will pepper the airwaves with anti-Alito ads, have multiple calling/e-mail campaigns to pressure senators to sway their votes and there will be a lot of grandstanding over the next week.
It's better to have it now rather than a week.
Specter hasn't said he was going to delay. In fact, he said he saw no reason for one.
Yes, we know what the Dems will do. They've been doing it for months to the successful tune of 2/3rd's of the people now support Alito.
Yes, it's better to have the vote soon then later.
No, that isn't a victory for Dems. No, the Dem attacks ads don't frighten me a bit.