Thomas Daschle: “No. What I said was that the majority leader had indicated to me that he was not prepared to consider at this point the…”

“No. What I said was that the majority leader had indicated to me that he was not prepared to consider at this point the final six judges which were added to the Executive Calendar. Yet, we find on Tuesday, July 16, Calendar No. 678 is one of those judges who were reported out most recently by the Judiciary Committee, and is a component of that final six. He happens to be a Republican. Now, I do not imply by that that the majority leader had special design on just this Republican nominee. But if we are willing to do it for the Republican nominee just reported out of committee, it would seem to me that we ought to do it for the five Democrats as well. That was the issue I attempted to raise.”