59-40 Cloture Vote 1 Short - 8 Republicans - 4 of them up for re-election this year - joined Democrats to back the plan, bucking GOP leaders and President Bush, who objected to the costly add-ons. McCain was only Senator not voting! I wonder why!

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19 Democratic Senators voted "YEA" on Cloture and 1 did not vote at all, assuring Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court. If 15 of those 19 "Rats" had voted "NO" instead on Cloture, Alito would be history instead of Justice Alito.