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It should be remembered that with the frequency with which he voted with Deomocrats before, changing his party status is unlikely to change a filibuster proof vote- if he's going to vote for it now he probably would have before.

I can't really blame him, he was under constant attack from his own party. They made it pretty clear they didn't really want him, and he took the hint and left. Probably better for everyone. It made no sense for him to stay.

Go watch the youtube video of his question of Gonzales about habeas corpus. Sometimes we need people willing to stand up to those within their party.