Oh Arlen, What Hath Ye Wrought?

Just as the Democrats are cheering over Arlen Specter's decision to join their party, the Man Himself undertakes to Piss in The Soup. Thus:

Specter heatedly denied a Wall Street Journal report that he had told the White House that he would be “a loyal Democrat.” “I have shown, repeatedly, my independence — willing to cross party lines — when I thought the interests of the American people and Pennsylvania required it,” Specter said. “If I see that there are other issues where I feel as a matter of conscience, I will continue a filibuster against legislation.”

I hadn't been following Specter all that closely, but I think I'm going to pay more attention now. Here's why: since he became a "loyal" Democrat, he's voted against the Democrat budget, turned up his nose at a Democrat sponsored measure to stave off further foreclosures, opposed Dawn Johnsen's nomination to head up the Office of Legal Council, and pissed all over the notion of public insurance as a component of a Democratic health care plan.

Updated to add: its the potential for comedy that makes this so compelling.