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I would highly recommend that GOP leaders try to persuade William Myers not to back out. No signatory to this deal has given any indication that they support a continued filibuster of Myers.

So, the Senate can now go ahead and confirm Owen, Brown, and Pryor. They've all been reported out of committee, so confirm them. That's what this site is all about: "confirm them." Then let's see about William Myers. He's also been reported out of committee already, so there need be no long delays here.

Regarding Myers, Senator Specter has said, “I think that William Myers would give some balance to the Ninth Circuit, and that is going to be one of the arguments I am going to make."

Myers has been endorsed by Jimmy Carter's Interior Secretary, for Pete's sake. If you want to read a glowing tribute to a nominee, just read this piece in which former Senator Alan Simpson endorsed Myers.

Myers represented mining and cattle interests in private practice. So what? I bet sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justices represented some murderers and rapists in private practice.

Bring on Myers.

UPDATE: It will be interesting to see whether Myers becomes the first judicial nominee in American history to be permanently denied an up-or-down vote though supported by a clear majority of the Senate.