In his opening statement during the Holder confirmation hearings, Sen. Pat Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, echoed Martin Luther King by saying people should be judged by the “content of their character” — was he trying to suggest that critics are judging Holder by the color of his skin? Leahy urged “prompt confirmation” and said that the attorney general position is “too important to be delated by partisan bickering.”
