Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, leaves the federal court in Washington, Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008, after testifying in the trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. Hatch called Stevens a hero, a legend and one of the Senate's greatest minds during testimony at the Alaska senator's corruption trial. Hatch said Stevens "one of the strongest, toughest, best, most decent people I've known in the U.S. Senate."(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, Vice President Dick Cheney, center, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., smile as they take part in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 10, 2008, where President Bush signed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, (FISA). (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, Vice President Dick Cheney, center, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., smile as they take part in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 10, 2008, where President Bush signed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, (FISA). (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)