Political Quotes

“In fact, as I listen to this colloquy, I was wondering what was going on until I read in the Washington Times the Republican fixation on judges is part of an effort to bolster Senator John McCain's standing among conservatives--which is unfortunate; to bring in the judiciary, the independent Federal judiciary, and make them a political tool. I was reminded once when my children were young, one of them asked me, they said: Dad, what is the expression ``crocodile tears''? I tried to explain to them what crocodile tears are, and I couldn't help but think tonight, listening to our good friends on the other side--if my children were still young, I would say: There, now you understand what crocodile tears are. We had, last year--and the distinguished leader has referred to this; the Democrats were in charge, me as chairman, Senator Reid as majority leader--we reported 40 judicial nominations to the Senate, and all 40 were confirmed each of the 3 years prior, with a Republican majority, Republican chairman. That is more than they did.”