Focus in IE 8 after using sortable

Focus in IE 8 after using sortable

I'm using the .sortable function in my page and it works great, except in IE 8 (haven't tried other IE versions). What happens is in my <li> I have text with hyperlinks and after the sort I have to click the hyperlinks twice to get them to work. On first page load BEFORE the sort they're fine. I appears as if the focus is being held by the parent object.

Any ideas on a fix or how to debug this myself?