Leahy up now....
Leahy's big point seems to be that this is not a party line vote, but a vote of conscience. Dems will seperately vote their conscience.
Works for me---all of them are dumbasses on their own merit.
Chatty Patty Leahy says the Senate is the conscience of the nation.
Leahy "answering" charge that Dems smeared Alito, by saying the Senators needed to question Alito.
Chatty Patty says, look at what the extreme right did to Harriet Miers.