Here are the 13 dissenters on the appointment of Dr. Rice to Secretary of State:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Dayton (D-MN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
There are some real legislative giants in this list, aren’t there? Bobby Byrd’s anti-Rice vote goes down in history alongside his unmatched opposition to both Clarence Thomas and Thurgood Marshall.