Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), at podium, speaks to the
press, surrounded by fellow Republican senators, after withdrawing
Miguel Estrada's nomination for the D.C. for a federal judgeship after
a nearly two year battle. The action was seen as a major victory for
Senate Democrats, who had charged that the conservative Estrasda was
part of President George W. Bush's attempt to pack the federal court
with right-wing ideologues. REUTERS/William Philpott

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