Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I believe the country needs and deserves a Supreme Court that bases its decision on the law and the Constitution, not politics or ideological agenda by either the right or the left."

"We are taking the law and bending it as far as we can to capture a whole new class of guns."

"After this hearing is over, I hope the American people will understand that elections do matter."

"I hope that Elena Kagan will demonstrate through this hearing that she will be the kind of independent Justice..."