How times have changed. . .

"A resumè is no substitute for answering questions about whether the nominee respects the basic rights and freedoms on which the nation was founded."

--Ted Kennedy on Supreme Court Judicial Nominee John Roberts (2005)

"It is not our (sic) responsibility to question a nominee's judicial philosophy, only to ascertain his legal credentials and qualifications."

--Ted Kennedy on Supreme Court Judicial Nominee Thurgood Marshall (1967)