Mrs. Alito leaves hearings upset at husband's treatment

Last night, I remarked half in jest to my wife, "you know who has it the worst in these hearings, his wife and family. She has to sit behind him and listen to all sorts of aspersions on his character without letting any of her feelings reflect on her facial expressions."

Well, I turned out to be rather prophetic as Mrs. Alito left the hearings in tears this afternoon.

One senior Republican in the hearing room said of the situation: “After three full days of attacks against her husband’s character, Mrs. Alito had enough. Democrat behavior during this hearing has not only been wrong, it’s been embarrassing. Ted Kennedy is nothing but a bully.”