"We have to move forward"

With those words, Senate Minority leader Harry Reid offered the biggest compromise to date - the approval of four previously filibustered judges in exchange for absolutely nothing. No strings attached. Not even a free iPod for Democratic Senators.

And GOP leader Bill Frist rejected it outright.

In the great battle over the filibuster, both sides claim victory at every step. But how, after this, can Bill Frist and the GOP not be seen as power hungry and unwilling to compromise? Hell, he could even have accepted on those judges and maintained his stance on the others.

It just goes to show that Frist and the GOP radicals don't care who actually gets through the filibuster process. They just want the power in their hands.