If the Democrats have done one thing right during the Alito fight, we have finally managed to paint Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) into the corner we want him in going into an election year. Chafee will probably vote for cloture, but has announced that he will vote no on the nomination.
It's tough to play it both ways. For his no vote on Alito, he will take a beating from primary opponent Steve Laffey, who is one of those Club For Growth nut jobs. Chaffee should be able to defeat Laffey, but not without any bloodletting by him.
After the primary, the Democratic candidate, either current Secretary of State Matt Brown or Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse, can then attack Chaffee for trying to have it both ways on Alito, and allowing a decidedly anti-choice justice on the Supreme Court.
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