Why not vote to confirm immediately after you end cloture?
er....end debate by invoking cloture
I'm watching the Senate right now on c-span2 and so far they have 55 Senators pledged to vote yes on Alito, so if they get enough votes for cloture he will be confirmed easily.
Senators Chafee, Collins, and Snowe are the only Republicans who haven't pledged their vote. Nelson of Nebraska and Johnson of South Dakota are the only two Democrats who have pledged to vote yes.