From The Hill:

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) will take over the ranking member position on the Senate Judiciary Committee after striking a deal with his more senior colleagues over the weekend, sources confirm to The Hill.

Sessions and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reached the deal that will allow the Alabama Republican to take over for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), whose departure from the GOP last week left the committee without a ranking member.

This will make the conservatives very happy. But lets not let them forget that it was Sessions who started the entire argument during the Alito confirmation that nominees “deserve an up or down vote”. Will he live by that argument, or will the Democrats have to take away the filibuster from the Republicans?