Claire McCaskill actually said...

I am honored today to be here to introduce Beth Phillips as a nominee for the Western District Court of Missouri.

I think that is the kind of bipartisanship we all long for in this body and certainly that we hope to get on the Federal judiciary.

Nothing was more frustrating than having a judge presiding over a trial that it was fairly clear they had never been in a trial.

She will let people try their cases. She will not impose her judgment in terms of any bias she has on any matter of policy into the courtroo...