High Court Anxiety
I think the Rethugs are seriously worried about the prospect of an Alito filibuster, which is why Fristfuck doesn't want his charges talking to each other. And, God forbid, what would he do if one or two Republican Senators were swayed by the debate and voted with the Dems? His poor little cat-killing Tennessee soul would shrivel like Bob Dole's dick in a cold shower.