All Good for Me!

Arlen Specter says he’s cool with losing his senate seniority for the remainder of this Congress. I’m curious though whether that was really the deal Specter had or thought he had. In next year’s election, one of Specter’s biggest sells will be the clout his senate seniority brings him. If he has no assurance he’s going to have that, that will be a major liability for him. It certainly sounds to me like the Dems put him on a fairly effective form of probation.