Kagan brought the house down during an exchange with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about her views on the war on terror. When Graham asked where she was on Christmas Day when a terrorist attempted to blow up a Detroit-bound plane, Kagan said, "You know, like all Jews, I was probably in a Chinese restaurant."
• After confirming to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) that she favors televising Supreme Court sessions, Kagan conceded: "It means I'd have to get my hair done more often."
• When Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) said it might be a "good time to refer to your 1995 law review article in which you criticized Supreme Court nominees," Kagan said, "It's been half an hour since I heard about that article."
• When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) corrected earlier comments she made that no women were in the Senate back in 1980 after receiving "many emails" reminding her that former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum was already in the Senate at the time, Kagan said, "Isn't email a wonderful thing? You can learn you're wrong right away."
• When Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) noted he was 12 or 13 years older than Kagan, she quipped, "Maybe not after this hearing."
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