Arlen Specter: “I am very glad it was accomplished. I thank the managers, including the Senator from Nevada. I make a comment or two…”

“I am very glad it was accomplished. I thank the managers, including the Senator from Nevada. I make a comment or two about Judge Gardner who was endorsed by Senator Santorum and me and passed our bipartisan nonpolitical nominating panel. Judge Gardner graduated magna cum laude from Yale University, received his JD degree from Harvard University Law School, which is obviously an excellent educational background. He then joined a big firm in Philadelphia, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, and later went to Allentown where he became a member of the law firm of Gardner, Gardner, & Racines. He began his career in public service as Solicitor to the Lehigh County Treasury and later served as assistant district attorney in Lehigh County. I must say that being assistant D.A. is very good training for anything. People ask me what is the best job I ever had, being a Senator or district attorney, and I say the best job I ever had was assistant district attorney, getting to the courtroom and trying cases.”