Filibuster of Supreme Court Nominee?

So here we have Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper of ABC news saying "First President in US History to Have Voted to Filibuster a Supreme Court Nominee Now Hopes for Clean Process." As Instapundit says, "Heh. That’s their headline, not mine."

As you might have expected, Senator Kerry was tied up in this.

I post this for the irony.

Regards  —  Cliff

PS:  For the record, I think the Republican Senators on the Judiciary Panel should give her a firm but fair questioning and then vote for her, unless something really bad shows up, like sedition.  Same for the Republican Senators in the full Senate vote for confirmation.  No credit will be given, but it will be a base upon which to build for the next nominee, if that person should be left of Judge Sotomayor.