Quote Originally Posted by Grace View Post
I wonder - when the Senators get up to speak, they normally have a specific amount of time alloted. When Lieberman was speaking he had run out of time and wanted more. Did Baucus speak within his alloted time - without running over? That might be why he was not interrupted.

Then, again, maybe the Senators who were present just wanted to see him make a fool of himself
You know I just now viewed the video of Baucus's address to Congress
and am struck with the irony of who made this objection to it.

It is Mark Foley, Really, it was Mark Foley.