Chuck Schumer was cited by almost everyone as having given the bipartisan seal of approval to Judge Michael Mukasey. But when the president actually went ahead and nominated Mukasey, it seems Schumer's position suddenly got a lot more ... complicated.
Schumer's vanishing endorsement
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