Frist was placed in his position of Majority Leader by Bush, i remember the press made this very clear; usually a Senator is promoted from within the Senate itself, not so in Frist's case - he was specifically placed to do the bidding of Bush. Frist defines the word, Puppet.

there is so much of this sort of shit of Bush's doing now, though, that it hardly seems even worth mentioning any more. Checks and Balances, anyone?