The ABMs against the Nuclear Option

I've been pretty quiet on the filibuster issue, writing once I think. However I do think that this is an important issue. I said during the election that I thought appointing judges, especially supreme court judges, was one of the President's most important jobs. Therefore I think it is very unfortunate that we have come to this point.
Anyway, I came across this article in an online mag called the Ornery American explaining what was going on, and giving quite a different perspective on whether or not Republicans should override the filibuster option.
Because, you know, when Orson Scott Card writes, I just have to read it.

Now, let's get this straight right now: The filibuster is the real "nuclear option." It's the Democrats with the filibuster who are shutting down the Constitutional power of the President by threatening to shut down Congress, period.

A vote to change the rules is more like an ABM -- the anti-ballistic missile that will shoot down the "nuclear weapon" of the filibuster.

Card writes from a moderate position, asking the Republicans if overriding the filibuster is something they really want to do. Saying they should consider this: "President Hillary Clinton and a Democratic majority in the Senate."
He also points out that Bush is a moderate (or as close to one as it gets in Washington these days) and any judge that passes muster with the Democrats is either going to be repugnant to Republicans or a someone without any merit in being there.
So Democrats might come out looking every bit as bad as they want Republicans to look by refusing to yield the floor to a vote.