Pardon me if this was already brought up on another thread, but I just saw where the approval of anti rights AG nominee Eric Holder is being held up. Finally, a few Republicans are starting to grow some testicles. Granted, they are not holding the nomination up for the reasons most important to me, but hey, what ever works!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102364.html?hpid=topnews
Republicans put new obstacles in the path of Eric H. Holder Jr.'s quest to become attorney general, raising concerns that he would prosecute intelligence agents who engaged in potentially illegal interrogation techniques and postponing consideration of his nomination.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/22/1756384.aspx