Teddy's Turnaround

Thought this was interesting:

[I]t is our responsibility as members of the [Judiciary] Committee … in advising and consenting, that we are challenged to ascertain the qualifications and the training and the experience and the judgment of a nominee, and that it is not our responsibility to test out the nominee's particular philosophy, whether we agree or disagree. (Senator Ted Kennedy, Committee on The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing on Nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, July 19, 1967)

JAS ADDS: Reportedly the Massachusetts Manatee now regrets not having voted to confirm Justice David Souter, too.

Guess Uncle Teddy is getting sentimental as he ferments.