Don't turn your back on Arlen Specter

Remember how both Bush and Santorum went to the mat for Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania last year when it looked like he wouldn't make it through the primaries? Remember how Arlen promised to see that President Bush's nominees would get a vote on the floor of the Senate and not be held up in committee? The Republican leadership could easily have chosen someone else to chair the Judiciary committee, but once again Mr. Specter made promises... Well, guess what? Arlen just stabbed his benefactors in the back, again. From the Washington Times:

"Mr. Bush nominated U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle of North Carolina more than four years ago to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond. Judge Boyle had a hearing more than three months ago and has been scheduled numerous times for a Senate Judiciary Committee vote.
Last week, however, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee demanded that Judge Boyle's nomination wait another week and that the Bush administration produce more of his unpublished opinions. Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Republican, reluctantly agreed."

These morons've had more than four years to look at this guy's opinions already! Who needs filibusters when you have a turncoat like Arlen Specter.

UPDATE 6/16/05: Mr. Specter finally allowed a committee vote, which was party-line, sending Judge Boyle to the Senate floor. Now we get to see what "extraordinary circumstances" means.