Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I swore as a young lawyer that if I ever had the chance to influence the selection of judges that would sit in trial courts, I would make sure that they had been in the trenches."

"I am very proud of his ethics, his integrity. He has a Midwest work ethic."

"When it came time for me to pick someone to stand in as my opponent in debate preparation, I said, 'Go get Doug Harpool.'"

"I highly recommend to this Committee the confirmation of Doug Harpool for a trial judge in the Western District of the State of Missouri."