Opinion: Broken ankle can’t stop Sotomayor
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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor found something she could really lean on today as she met with more senators who will consider her nomination.
Sotomayor was forced to rely on crutches as she moved from from meeting to meeting, her ankle in a cast, after she broke it this morning. According to the White House, the federal appellate judge tripped at New York’s LaGuardia Airport before boarding a flight to Washington and sustained a small fracture to her right ankle.
The injury may have slowed her down, but didn’t politically hobble her as she hopped, er, hoped, to talk to about one-third of the Senate by evening. Today was her fourth day of talks with senators.
Sotomayor even stopped...
...at the White House after her arrival in Washington -- before heading to the hospital for an X-ray. The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates treated and released her, according to a White House statement.
--Michael Muskal
