Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.

As the record shows, I have supported every one of President Bush's nominees in the Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor. I have never and would never apply any litmus test on the abortion issue and, as the record shows, I have voted to confirm Chief Justice (William) Rehnquist, Justice (Sandra Day) O'Connor, and Justice (Anthony) Kennedy and led the fight to confirm Justice (Clarence) Thomas.

But there's no doctrinal basis erosion in Roe, is there?

A key statement by the president related to 60 stem cell lines, now expanded to 64, ... But in the intervening several weeks, it has become apparent that many of those are not really viable or robust or usable.

Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.