Harry Reid: “As Senator Daschle and I said, when the Democrats took over control of the Senate, we said it is not payback time no…”

“As Senator Daschle and I said, when the Democrats took over control of the Senate, we said it is not payback time no matter how bad President Clinton was treated. And we could go into a long harangue about how unfair it was. I will not even mention a few of the judges. The record is replete with examples of how poorly they were treated and how unfairly they were treated. We did not have payback time when we were in the majority, and it is not payback time when we are in the minority. We approved, during the short time that we had control of the Senate, 100 judges--exactly. Three judges have come before this body for a vote. They were approved unanimously. The situation with Miguel Estrada is a little bit different. It is a little bit different. It is a lot different. It is tremendously different because this is a man about whom speeches have been given all over town. He is so good that he is going to go to the Supreme Court.”