Barbara Boxer: “I am glad Senator Kyl brought up the Kuhl nomination because I will be talking a little bit about that nominee and her…”

“I am glad Senator Kyl brought up the Kuhl nomination because I will be talking a little bit about that nominee and her background and the number of people from all sides of the spectrum who oppose this nominee and the fact there is a very serious case involving a breast cancer patient who she ruled against in terms of her privacy rights. I will get into that. Judge Kuhl was overturned immediately. I will get into that and why it is we have taken a stand on a handful of these very extremist, very controversial judicial nominees. First, I remind us of the scorecard. If I were the Republicans and I got 168 of the judges I wanted and only was turned down for 4, I would do what my mother said when I was a kid: "Honey, if you get 90 percent of what you want, say thank you, give the person a hug, and leave the room." Instead, what do we have? We do not have smiling, we do not have thank you's. We have 30 hours of wasted time to hear people complain and whine about the fact they did not get four. Somebody wrote a book once, called "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." I honestly think this is the most childish situation. The President gets 168 and does not get 4 and his party is up in arms. How does that compare to President Clinton? Let's take a look at that. President Clinton had 63 nominees blocked, or 20 percent of his nominees.”