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Thu Jul 16, 2:36 pm ET

Here's how important the first post-Sotomayor public-witness panel is: Chairman Patrick Leahy wasn't even there. The Vermont Democrat was in a booth above the hearing room, being interviewed on MSNBC, while one of the most junior members on the panel, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., grilled witnesses from the American Bar Association. Few senators joined him.

-Laurie Kellman, AP reporter, Congress

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