Did Al Franken nap out during Elena Kagan's opening statement? [VIDEO]

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More coffee, Sen. Franken?
​On and on they droned Monday as Solicitor General Elena Kagan watched, each member of the Senate Judiciary Committee rolling out their opening remarks about her nomination to be the next Supreme Court justice, in a hearing room packed with the press, aides, and assorted gawkers and politicos.

At last it was Al Franken's turn; time for another attack on the Roberts court and its deference to corporate interests, the rich and the powerful, and our ability to pass laws that protect the American people even if it hurts the corporate bottom line. Kagan stayed awake for it all.

Franken? It looks like he needed to "rest his eyes" when the tables turned and it was Kagan's turn to bore the daylights out of those assembled.

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