Odd Maneuver

This maneuver by Senator Leahy seems to have made nobody in his party very happy.

I actually am willing to give Senator Leahy a little credit on this. There was no good reason to hold up these nominees who were eventually going to be approved (Biden had indicated he would vote yes, but was absent; a GOP majority would move this next session anyway). But obviously the partisans on committee wanted their no votes recorded. So he used an unusual maneuver to have it both ways. I don't have a major problem with that, and his party would look petty if he had done otherwise.

[Posted at 18:28 CST on 11/15/02] [Link]