Dr. Frist's Operation How the Senate majority leader played a game of filibuster chicken BYRON YORK NATIONAL REVIEW/JUNE 20, 2005 ON the morning after a group of 14 senators made a deal to end the standoff over Democratic filibusters of Bush judicial nominees, Senate majority leader Bill Frist found himself taking flak from all sides. Depending on who was speaking, Frist had wimped out, was unable to control his troops, or could not muster the support to trigger the “nuclear option†to put an end to the filibuster problem entirely. And that was just from conservatives. Other commentators said Frist...