Every Senator who walks out, etc, should be horse-whipping, tarred and feathered, and run out of DC forever!
GET BUSY AND EARN YOUR PAYCHECKS YA BASTIDS!
Actually, you may be on to something. If a Senator walks out to protest a Bush SC nominee, strip him of his seniority. Give him a small office. Withhold his pay. Take away his perks. Take him off committees. Make an example of a few, and the rest will fall back in line.
Kerry's already left town. May they all leave and never return.
A majority of either House can compel the attendance of absent members.
Van Republicans vote in their absence if they refuse to come in?