FILE - Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, talks to President Clinton's Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer, center, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., looks on, on Capitol in Washington, May 17, 1994. Kennedy escorted Breyer on Capitol Hill to meet Senators including Biden whose committee will hold Breyer's nomination hearings. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)