Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this sentence?

Washington Post, link via AmericaBlog:

Senate Democrats angrily denounced White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales yesterday as an advocate of prisoner torture but said they would not block his confirmation as attorney general.

So, he is an advocate of torture, but that is not a good enough reason to try and block him? Why do the Democrats even show up? They should just stay home and let the Republicans send them an update everyday with whatever nonesense they want the Democrats to cave in on for the day. That would save everyone a lot of time.