This is awesome if only because it's made some good political news to counter the swine flu. I may live in Finland but I vote absentee in Pittsburgh still so he is my senator. I don't trust him one bit and this is clearly a career-saving move, but the thought of potential cloture votes on EFCA, health care, and any other bit of progressive legislation is just too exciting. Of course, I doubt that the Democrats are capable of getting their own ranks together enough to actually pass anything worthwhile. But at least there is no more excuse: the Republicans are completely powerless now, as they deserve to be, and any failures now are going to be purely the fault of the Democrats.