Here are two interesting quotes for you.

"I find it simply baffling that a Senator would vote against even voting on a judicial nomination."
-- Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, Oct. 5, 1999

"Hispanic or non-Hispanic, African American or non-African American, woman or man, it is wrong not to have a vote on the Senate floor."
-- Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, Oct. 28, 1999