Sonia Sotomayor actually said...

My career as a judge has shown me that regardless of what my desires were, that my life, what I have accomplished, does serve as an inspirat...

I do understand the importance to Congress' factual findings, that my cases and my approach in my cases reflect that.

The fact that the law says that you can do this doesn't always mean that you as a person should choose to do this.

The history of a particular holding of the Court and how the Court has dealt with it in subsequent cases would be among one of the factors.