Condi vote hall of fame

Here they are, our 13 heroes:

Byrd
Boxer
Kennedy
Levin
Kerry
Jeffords
Reed (RI)
Durbin
Dayton
Bayh
Akaka
Lautenberg
Harkin

I hear this is a new record in confirmation no-votes.

And in a special moment of state-ist jingoism, let me note that both Massachusetts senators were on the correct side of this vote.

Honorable mention to Joe Biden and Harry Reid for speeches in which they referred to the holdouts as patriots who were just doing their jobs. Special credit goes to Reid for the line of the day:

"Shut up and vote is not democracy."