15 seconds ago 2009-11-09T13:40:04-08:00
South Carolina's Lindsey Graham is known as John McCain's staunch defender -- both by Washington insiders and political watchers outside the Beltway. But McCain hasn't been anywhere around Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, and Graham has played a very different role during them.
Still, there are shades of McCain in Graham's pointed -- though polite -- questioning of Sotomayor. At times, Graham sounded much like his friend from Arizona who values "straight talk."
"Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed," Graham told her earlier this week. "And I don't think you will" have a meltdown, he added quickly. Today, he gave another dose of honesty, saying: Senators want Supreme Court justices who see the world like they do.
-Jesse J. Holland, AP reporter, Supreme Court
