Claire McCaskill actually said...

"And one of Mr. Assad's many challenges is that, as your report found out, DOD, in terms of contracting makes an octopus look like it does not have very many legs."

"I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to introduce an outstanding nominee for the Board of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting."

"I am very proud to have nominated her to the board, and I certainly urge the Committee and the Senate to confirm her nomination."

"You are both role models of how this should be done, and I would say that even if I were not on the Committee."