Arlen Specter and Chicken Hatch’s finest hour was defending Justice Thomas. Hatch also had some great moments early in his career when he was a constituational stalwart before DC captured him.
I’ve always respected Orrin Hatch for the Thomas hearings, and I continued to respect him. People here seem to think he became so awful, I never really noticed it. Arlen Specter is another matter.
The Thomas hearings frankly were a comic spectacle on all sides. Too many hilarious memories to relate now, but it was Washington at the height of self satire. Good thing we won.