The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approves Elena Kagan’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court on a nearly partisan vote 13-6.
Of the GOP, only Senator Lindsey Graham sided with the Democrats and, unlike Sessions, showed some class.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...
http://edition.cnn.com/...
Why did Senator Graham show class? because he said the following:
She was not someone he would have chosen but the person who did choose – President Obama – I think chose wisely. No one spent more time trying to beat President Obama than I did except maybe Senator McCain, I missed my own election – I voted absentee. But I understood – we lost, President Obama won. The Constitution in my view puts a requirement on me not to replace my judgment for his.
Sen. Graham said there were "100 reasons’’ why he could vote against Ms. Kagan if he based his vote on her philosophy, which is at odds with his. But he said she set a time-honored standard for judicial nominees: whether they are qualified and of good character.
I think this shows not everybody within the GOP caucus lacks class. Compare this to Sen. Sessions saying she's dishonest. Sen. Graham's vote will give the few moderates within the GOP caucus cover to vote for her: Brown, Collins, Gregg, Lugar, Snowe, Voinovich, perhaps also Alexander and Bond.