It was a strong and nice statement, but didn't answer the fundamental question what kind of justice will he be.

There is a clear conflict of interest for the Justice Department,

If he [John Roberts] is a Miguel Estrada and just refuses abjectly to answer everything, it would make a filibuster more likely,

I'm prepared to do everything I can to stop the nomination of Justice Pickering. We can do a lot better.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

The vote is a shot across the bow in terms of the Justice Department and how it conducts itself, in terms of upcoming Supreme Court nominations, and the push-and-pull within the Bush administration. Will it be bipartisan or will it be pulled to the right?