Evan Bayh: “It is my hope that Judge Tinder's confirmation would serve as an example of the benefits of nominating qualified…”

The reason for the study, as I recall, was that many of us understood that there was a potential risk here that probably had to be dealt with.

it's time now to allow men and women to serve their country and to do so without having to conceal their sexual orientation.

This is outrageous. How can this possibly happen?

We need to be realistic about that.