So was it BS that Graham coached Alito in practice sessions or not???

Because it certainly was not brought up by Feigold or anyone else. So what is up with the story??

Was there some kind of agreement amongst the Judiciary Committee members to let that dog die?


Mondo Washington

Alito and His Coaches

For Supreme Court nominee, hearings are an inside game
by James Ridgeway with Michael Roston
January 10th, 2006 9:59 AM



WASHINGTON, D.C.--In the first hours of Samuel Alito's Senate confirmation hearings on Monday, Judiciary Committee member Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, may very well have irreparably compromised himself.

At the hearing, Graham told Alito, nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, that he had already decided in Alito's favor. "I don't know what kind of vote you're going to get, but you'll make it through. It's possible you could talk me out of voting for you, but I doubt it. So I won't even try to challenge you along those lines."

That certainly ought to be the case. Graham is one of a group of Republicans who have been coaching Alito behind the scenes. The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reported before the hearings began:

"On Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the 'gang of 14' who sits on Judiciary, joined a so-called moot court session at the White House.''

The coaching session for Alito has raised a few eyebrows.
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Its not about whats Best for the Nation but whats best for the Pub Leaders who control...

So are you saying Yes, it was not true.

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