The Second Hold

Via TPM Muckraker, it appears Robert Byrd had also placed a "secret hold" on the porkbarrel legislation oversight bill sponsored by Sens. Obama and Coburn. His spokesman gave a pretty weasel-like answer about it, saying that "Senators have an obligation to their constituents to know what they are voting on before signing off on any proposal," which is exactly what this legislation provides to constituents, so what's the problem?

But at the end of the statement, Sen. Byrd announces that he has released the hold. Now that Ted Stevens is the lone Senator holding up this bill, because of THE COST according to him (the cost of bridges that link 50 Eskimos to the mainland is apparently besides the point), will he relent?