Orrin Hatch: “Sure. Let us be honest about it. If you are going to ask him how he feels about a case or how he feels about the…”

“Sure. Let us be honest about it. If you are going to ask him how he feels about a case or how he feels about the commerce clause, I have to admit I don't think those are legitimate questions. What he feels is not important. What he is going to do as a judge is important. I am hardly going to bring him back for another day, after we had one of the longer hearings for a Circuit Court of Appeals nominee, after it was conducted by the distinguished Senator from New York and the Democrats, when my colleagues on the other side have said it was a fair hearing, questions were asked--I am hardly going to bring him back for another day unless we have some sort of agreement we are going to have a vote.”