Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Your nomination to the Supreme Court has to be among the least surprising ever made."

"Should there be any desire or motivation on the part of that group of five to reach their scope a little bit more broadly?"

"Heller changed the law, creating for the first time in 220 years a private right to bear arms."

"So it concerns me that it is there, and I would hope that if you get to the Court you are more restrained in terms of making findings of fact at the Supreme Court level."