I don't know, but RI is highly Italian, so it's not a brilliant move on his part.
The attached NR link includes a RI blog that's going to follow this
http://corner.nationalreview.com/06_01_29_corner-archive.asp#088659
Thanks..
I think that Chafee is a member of the gang of fourteen, if the Democrats refuse to vote for cloture, Chaffee would be expected to support the nuclear option.