IF NOMINATED, I’LL DEAL Michael McConnell: “Life before nomination was very pleasant, life after confirmation is very pleasant, life during nomination is not so pleasant,” said McConnell, as he scurried away.” SWEET HOME ALABAMA Bill Pryor: I’m happy to be back in the nation’s capital, I am,” he insisted. “I don’t have any regrets or ill feelings at all…. I can assure you that whatever was said up here during the confirmation process did not cause me any grief among friends and people I see in my home state.