even though he wasn't our pick, senator jepsen and i returned our blue slips on the nominee. that wasn't unusual. more deference has always been given to the white house, particularly for circuit court nominees as different from district court nominees. when judge fage was nominated to the eighth circuit, both senators from iowa were republicans, and the blue slip practice didn't change when senator harkin, a democrat, was elected to the senate succeeding senator jepsen. when senator harkin and i served together for 30 years, we didn't have any problems with judicial nominees. generally when there was a republican president, i sent a list of names to the president, and when there was a democratic president senator harkin sent a list of names to the white house. we served together for those 30 years and never had any problems with blue slips. not once. during the clinton administration there was a vacancy arising on the eighth circuit, a vacancy arose on the eighth circuit. the white house nominated bonnie campbell for the court. ms. campbell was originally from new york, prev

. >> reporter: connecticut's top lawyer george jepsen says it's not coincidence but collusion. one of 46 attorneys general suing 18 generic drug makers. alleging divvied up the market to fix prices on drugs. >> consumers should be outraged, paying a heck of a lot more for generic drugs than they should. >> reporter: cites price hikes, including a 75% jump for this glaucoma medicine and 200% increase for this type ii diabetes medication. does it defy the -- >> wouldn't happen in truly competitive market. >> reporter: nbc news reached out to all 18, 7 responded. heritage pharmaceuticals did not. in statement typical, teva pharmaceuticals says it denies these allegations and is committed to complying with all applicable competition laws and regulations. >> your response? >> see you in court. >> reporter: says any price increase is threat to her very life. >> it's a huge investment just to breathe. >> reporter: something she wants to do more easily physically and financially. anne thompson, nbc news, hartford, connecticut. >>> still more, coming up, drumstick or wishbone, the offic