James M. Talent: “I will say about my colleagues, that most people who believe out there that people in the Senate don't have convictions…”

“I will say about my colleagues, that most people who believe out there that people in the Senate don't have convictions are wrong. That is why we are here at 4 in the morning. That is the one thing that unites us. We are here because we have convictions. The other reason, which is what I really think is working here, is out of conviction, the sense that these nominees they are filibustering or threatening to filibuster are somehow too extreme. We all know what they mean when they say that. We use codes here. It means they are too extreme on social issues. Those who are filibustering disagree with these nominees on the social issues, and particularly, let's say it, that one big social issue: abortion.”