Orrin Hatch: “One last thing. As to the 13, 12 of them are sitting on the bench. The 13th that they mentioned was the Fortas…”

“One last thing. As to the 13, 12 of them are sitting on the bench. The 13th that they mentioned was the Fortas nomination. In that case, there was the question of whether there was or was not a filibuster. But let's give them the benefit of the doubt and say there was a filibuster, since there are those who do say there was, although the leader of the fight, Senator Griffin, at the time said they were not filibustering, that they wanted 2 more days of debate, and they were capable and they had the votes to win up or down-- Mr. McCONNELL. He withdrew, didn't he?”