Lib Dem Assembly leader Mike German called a news conference in Cardiff Bay to appeal to the party to embrace the Rainbow Alliance agreement despite the nomination of Labour's Rhodri Morgan as First Minster just a few hours later.
There seemed to be a theme developing, when he said: "What was clear is the wheels came off the wagon on, on Wednesday night.
"Tomorrow the Welsh Liberal Democrats have an opportunity to put the wheels back on the wagon..and it will be a harder job for us to accelerate down the road than before but accelerate we must."
A case of 'after the horse has bolted', I think.
