U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Barack Obama has nominated "someone of good character" in U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. But Graham also said he's undecided if he will vote for her.
Monday the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began its confirmation hearing for Sotomayor, who if confirmed would become the nation's first Latina justice on the state's highest court.
Graham said he is still troubled by comments made by Sotomayor, who once said a "wise Latina female" could render better verdicts in some cases than white males.
"If I had said anything remotely like that, my career would have been over," Graham said.
Graham, an attorney, said he does not think Sotomayor is a racist.
"But it bothers me when somebody wearing a robe thinks their experience makes them better than everyone else," Graham said.