Where is Chafee re: cloture vote? There's a lot of confusion here.

[MoonRiver]

Need clarification!!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I think he's for cloture, but against Alito.

[Demit]

2. Yes, sort of like splitting the baby so he can please everyone.

Unless there's a stunner on the actual vote, so that more Repubs vote no, his is pretty much an empty gesture.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. Which is the whole point.

It's a smart political move for him, because John Q. Citizen is too much of a dolt to understand that just voting against Alito wasn't enough.

[LionInWinter]

6. "I voted for Alito, before I voted against him."

He deserves to get pounded by this in he fall. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, baby.

[hughee99]

5. That's what WPRO (Providence) was reporting earlier today.

For cloture, against Alito.

[Shrek]

3. Supports cloture

Boston Globe:

Chafee, who has split with Republicans and Bush on other key issues, is a member of the "Gang of 14," a coalition of centrist senators who defused a Senate showdown over judicial filibusters last year. He said the group would stick together this time and oppose any effort to block Alito's nomination.

[AX10]

7. It means nothing if he voted for cloture.

Filibuster is the only option.