Frist blinked

Knowing that the moral absolutists in the fundamentalist corner have no conception of the word compromise, Frist has rejected the only thing standing between the Senate and the nuclear option.

Now Reid can say we tried to work it out, but Republicans are simply the party of "no." This will only make things worse for Frist and the GOP. Although, it's not entirely clear whether it can get any worse than the anemic 26% approval rating for the nuclear option as cited in a Washington Post opinion poll.

By the way, it IS the nuclear option, the Republicans coined it, despite their attempts to back off from the words.