[McGavin999]

Well, you have your opinion and I have mine. I don't happen to think that the ML position has anything to do with the agenda when the party head is in the WH. The minority leader position is only important when the opposite party is in the WH. The ML will push the agenda that the president presents and that's all there is to it. If you want to give up on PBA, then let old Lott stay there or push for Nichols who will be quickly made the minorty leader because Chafee will defect. It just depends on how strongly you feel about getting a PBA bill passed, conservative judges confirmed etc. But if you don't care about any of that just keep sticking to principle and explain that to your kids as they watch all those liberal judges changing the law to suit their agenda.

[EternalVigilance]

If Chaffee defects we still control the Senate.

So you are in favor of allowing blackmail by Chaffee, who can't swing the balance all by himself, to determine who is chosen as ML?