Frank Ricci and his fellow CT fire fighters allowed themselves to be used by the Repubs in an attempt to block judge Sotomayor's SC nomination. Unfortunately, what these fire fighters "really did not look much to" was Sotomayor's 19yr history on the bench, which even Repubs on the Judiciary Committee admitted shows a judge who rules according to the law.
You don't want revenge to be too expensive, even if it's emotionally satisfying.