This vote should have been 100-0. But 78 senators applied the right standard in evaluating a judicial nominee - a nonpolitical standard - and that's a good sign.

I think that we need to proceed with John Roberts and move right ahead,

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes from the very nature of what judges do.

I'm not a real fan of commissions but I do think if you get the right people on it you might come up with some way to solve this really serious problem.

The future of Skull Valley is largely in the hands of the administration right now, so I don't believe kicking them in the teeth is in our best interest, ... It's the only real hope I see right now, because [Nevada Sen.] Harry Reid can't help us.

Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.