Frist on The News Hour

...is asserting as though it were fact "the only way we can advise and consent on a nominee is to vote up or down on the Senate floor."

The nuclear option threat is a reminder that the Senate can arrange its own procedures. They could legally decide to leave it up to a committee of freshmen.

Now, this concedes Frist could legally silence the Democrats. And it disturbs me that stating a fact disturbs me to this degree.