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...Biden: Uh, I'm sorry, but your time is up. I'd like to recognize my distinguished colleague from Alabama, Sen. Heflin, but he is making a special guest appearance on "Hee-Haw" and couldn't be with us tonight. Still, we're all gosh darn proud of him here on the committee and wish the good ol' Senator well. The thoughtful Senator from Pennsylvania...
...chances for confirmation dissipated with dizzying speed. First the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 9 to 5 to send the nomination to the floor with a negative recommendation. All three of the panel members who were undecided when the hearings began -- Republican Arlen Specter and Democrats Dennis DeConcini and Howell Heflin -- voted against Bork. The parade of lawmakers announcing their intention to oppose Bork in the full Senate vote accelerated. By Friday, 53 Senators had come out against...
...important Southern Democrat who remained undecided last week was Alabama's Howell Heflin, a member of the Judiciary Committee. During the hearings, Heflin seemed to be leaning toward Bork. But in the wake of Southern poll results and the anti-Bork stands of some of his colleagues, the Senator appeared to be wavering. Emerging from a meeting with the President, Heflin tried to explain his ambivalence regarding the judge. "He could be an evolving individual with a great intellectual curiosity to experience the unusual, the unknown, the strange," said Heflin. "On the other hand, he may be a reactionary weirdo...
...White House hoped that Heflin could help the President save face on the Judiciary Committee. But with Specter going against Bork and undecided Arizona Democrat Dennis DeConcini expected to follow suit, even a pro-Bork vote by Heflin at this stage would probably mean nothing more than an 8-to-6 defeat for the nominee rather than a 9-to-5 loss...
...Heflin's defection was particularly damaging to Bork's chances for confirmation, since White House officials were hoping to use a "yes" vote from the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court to attract other conservative Southern Democrats to Bork's side...