[gdc61]

we both know thats wrong, but what is one to assume???

[republicanwizard]

That Bush and Santorum, and Toomey for that matter, are more concerned with making sure that they can win a floor vote than winning a committee vote?

Bush and Santorum could easily change the make up of the judiciary committee by giving Specter some worthless promotion elsewhere. However, a no vote on the floor is a no vote on the floor, and Hoeffel is a guaranteed no vote.