Arlen Specter was praised by fellow Democrats, Jan. 25, after casting the 10,000 vote of as senator during a reign that began in 1981.

From the "magic bullet theory" to getting Ira Einhorn free on bail to an imaginative citation of Scottish law to keep President Bill Clinton in office after his impeachment, Arlen Specter has certainly made himself part of history.

May 2010 be the last year he casts a Senate vote.