We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.

I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I'm quite confident at the end of the day that we'll know what facts are in this particular case.

At the end of the day, you realize that this is important stuff, but it isn't as important as how my kids feel about me. That's how I'm going to measure my success - not how I did as counsel to the president or as attorney general. How did I do as a dad?

At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all.

At the end of the day, I'm a man.

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications.