Reply #61: If Cantwell had been part of a Democratic MAJORITY, neither Alito nor

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Roberts would have been confirmed. The majority would have simply voted against them.

As it is, she did vote against confirming them.

Kerry and Kennedy tried to drum up enough support for a filibuster, but it was a lost cause -- even with Cantwell's support, we didn't have the votes needed to succeed with a filibuster. So you can blame her for not latching on to a losing cause, if you want. But even if she had voted against cloture, Alito would still be on the Supreme Court.