I did not hear it; what's up?
He started out by talking about O'Connor's distinguised career...yada, yada
Then he started talking about how President Bush needs to nominate (get this).."a uniter, not a divider", and how the GANG of 14 was so instrumental in getting some of his federal court nominees voted in, that Pres. Bush NEEDS to follow one of the rules of the GANG's agreement, that he would "CONSULT" with the Senators BEFORE nominating someone...
Then he went on to throw the rest of the Reps. under the bus, because he was talking about how dismayed he was about the Terri Sciavo case, and that he regrets being one of three senators that Sunday night that did that....
He pretty much hit every single one of the DEMS "talking points" regarding President Bush's judicial nominees...
and he is REALLY, REALLY proud of what he helped do with the GANG of 14...
I hated the speech the first time on the Senate floor, but then he went out to the press and gave the same speech...
I bet Schumer, Dodd, and Kennedy were in the back room just cheering. I was disgusted!