[Alberta's Child]

That move may have served two purposes.

Two Republicans voted "NO" in the Clarence Thomas confirmation vote in 1991. That was the last time a Republican Senator every cast a "NO" vote in a confirmation vote for a Supreme Court justice nominated by a Republican president.

I think that streak is still alive if Murkowski voted "Present" today.

[Theodore R.]

Old John Warner of VA cast a “no” on Judge Bork in 1987. Thereafter he became a full-fledged liberal.