Arlen Specter: I'm still relevant. After all, I helped kill Bork.

Today’s hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a huge comedown for Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania senator who as a Republican was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the John Roberts and Samuel Alito confirmation hearings. Now, after switching to the Democrats in an open bid to save his job, Specter is next-to-last in seniority among Democratic senators on the committee. (He is ahead of Sen. Al Franken, who joined the committee just days ago, well after Specter.)