Liberal, but nice guy, Mark Shields is doing hearings commentary for PBS (opposite SCOTUS-destined Ponnuru), and says that Alito has it wrapped upโ€“that the Democrats now are just asking perfunctory questions about โ€œspecial interestโ€ matters. He quickly corrected himself, saying he meant โ€œmatters of special concern,โ€ but of course he got it right the first time.