I confess I did not listen to a single word of his questioning of Judge Alito this afternoon. A Republican staffer who had to observes:

You have to almost feel bad for Kohl. Some ambitious staffer has given him a list of leading questions, and Judge Alito just ain’t buying it. He’s killing him. And Kohl has nothing to say after each question except “okay” before moving on to reading the next question. It’s painful.