(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Agreed, but Specter's comment (for whom, as a resident of Pa I must constantly apologize for foisting upon the nation - although in my own defense I haven't voted for him since 1984) that essentially translates to at least something is better than nothing embodies the mindset of the Senate