I blamed my early-morning baby-walking for making a mistake in my 5 am post about confirming Supreme Court judges in the new Democratic Senate, when I claimed that Joe Lieberman had voted for both Roberts and Alito. K-Lo pointed out that Lieberman voted against Alito, and I was shame-faced. I guess I still am, but readers by the score have pointed out to me that the key vote Lieberman cast during the Alito confirmation wasn’t the confirmation vote. When it came to voting to close debate on the nomination and bring it to the floor of the Senate — voting for cloture, as they call it — Lieberman said yes to cloture and helped bring Alito’s name to the full Senate where confirmation was inevitable. His “no” vote on the nomination itself wasn’t meaningless, but it was as close as you can get. In effect, he voted for Alito.