I agree it looks like Frist never had the votes, but the only Job McCain has ever got done is betray the constituancy he claims to represent. He didn't lose the republican primaries because of some push poll in SC, he lost because he doesn't stand for conservative principals. I mean there is a reason he was Kerry's top pick for VP. He is just so full of himself now, that he thinks all he has to do is lock up the mushy midle.
McCain is going nowhere in 08. I wouldn't vote for even if...make that unless his opponent was Hilary.
If Frist didn't have the votes, why did the democrats even bother with this deal? They could have let Frist call for a vote and shoot himself in the foot. Apparently, neither the dems nor the republicans believed they had the votes.