Reply #3: Fascinating play by play.

[MADem]

Should be required reading for those who aren't realizing that quid pro quo, like it or not, is how it's done. I especially found this 'long view' remark from "the leadership source" (Gee, WHO do ya suppoze dat was??) interesting:

"They would have gotten 60," the leadership source says, adding: "Some on the Democratic side honestly fundamentally don't believe in filibustering cabinet secretaries. We are on the cusp of a new administration, and we think it will be a Democratic one. Filibustering here would have set a bad precedent."