If they can get away with a TANKED filibuster without getting hit with the Nuclear Option, then they can use that as 'precedent' for future filibusters.
Better Nuke em just in case!!
That's their strategy now. Since they won't do a real filibuster. This strategy will work on the DUmmies. Those idiots will never realize how they've been played. Kerry's response will be "I voted for the filibuster before I voted against it".