Lindsay Graham said at the start of the Sotomayor hearing that unless she had a meltdown, she was getting confirmed.  And, further, he didn’t think she was going to have a meltdown.  So why did we have to waste all that time?  Just to allow us to showcase to the world the endemic and virulent prejudice that pulses below the surface of our society, and worse, at the highest levels of government? 

Gee, Senator Graham, thanks for the reminder.