Arlen Specter: “I praise Senator Feinstein for her work on the confirmation of Judge Mukasey. As is customary for Senator Feinstein, she…”

“I praise Senator Feinstein for her work on the confirmation of Judge Mukasey. As is customary for Senator Feinstein, she is present at all the hearings, at all the Judiciary Committee business, and comes to the meetings extraordinarily well prepared. I think she has a natural advantage, however, because she is not a lawyer. It is a very difficult matter in this body to state the facts and to cross party lines, and to do so requires a number of factors. It requires a lot of confidence and judgment, and it requires a lot of courage to stand up as one of very few. Her vote and Senator Schumer's vote were indispensable to move the nomination to the Senate floor.”