It seems that the GOP leadership in the Senate has finally got a little guts when it comes to calling Democrats on the carpet about judicial nominations.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is attempting to force an up-or-down vote on Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick, whose federal appeals court nomination has been blocked by Democrats on the Judiciary Committee.

McConnell has attached a "sense of the Senate" amendment to the Children's Health Insurance bill that supports Judge's Southwick's appointment to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A floor vote on McConnell's non-binding measure could take place as early as Friday if Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) does not succeed in getting it tabled.

Again, finally.