John Cornyn actually said...

"I find it--I am actually flabbergasted that so many of these things are not controversial whatsoever."

"It is ultimately our Government, our responsibility, our authority that provides legitimacy to the Government itself."

"I am proud to support your nomination based on my personal knowledge of your skills and your temperament and your character and your fidelity to the rule of law."

"The thing that has stuck in my craw for the last 18 years is the dissent written by Chief Justice Rehnquist which takes exception to the majority's decision saying they distorted existing precedent."