Daily Howler - May 25, 2005

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 7 AND 5! We’ve marveled as big scribes fail to explain that ballyhooed Senate agreement

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 7 AND 5: Sometimes we marvel at our press corps—and we’ve marveled this week as they’ve failed to explain the difference between 7 and 5. We refer to the Gang of 14's filibuster agreement, announced on Monday night. Instantly, Kevin Drum raised an obvious question—an obvious question which would have occurred to any sentient human observer:
DRUM (5/23/05): I guess I'm puzzled...[T]he text of the deal only mentions five nominees. The group agreed to invoke cloture for three of the filibustered nominees (Brown, Owen, and Pryor), which means they'll be confirmed, and made "no commitment" on two of the nominees (Myers and Saad), which presumably means at least a few of the Democrats will agree to continue filibustering them and their nominations are dead...

But why aren't Griffin and McKeague mentioned? Presumably, not mentioning them is equivalent to "no commitment," right? So why not say so? What am I missing here?