A reader:

The fact that Durbin and company would tar others the same way they abuse Pryor doesn’t excuse their bigotry, it just illustrates how expansive it is. No one who takes seriously a theologically conservative faith need apply. Anti-Catholic, anti-Evangelical, anti-Mormon.
Sen. Sessions et al are not suggesting the committee Dems discriminate only against Catholics. Rather, they are protesting that every committed, obedient Catholic will be rejected because of his views. Is it mitigation, or grist for Cohen’s diatribe that the committee would treat other believers the same way? I think not. You’re scoring a lawyerly debate point and missing the valid criticism of a bigoted and outrageous tactic.