It's too rich, though I'm a little late, not to point out Senator Edward Kennedy's quitting his all male Harvard Owl Club as posted at Hub Politics. Kennedy's rank hypocrisy, his smear and guilt by association tactics have demonstrated that the spirit of Joseph McCarthy is very much alive, but he is no longer a Republican. Mrs. Alito's exit from the chamber was the "Have you no sence of decency?" moment of the 21st Century. We can only hope that it and the fact that the Democrats' performance in this confirmation seems only to have harmed themselves has the same long-term sea-change effect on the culture of the Senate that that famous moment did five decades ago.

Update: Only one?