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Boren was one of only two Democratic senators to vote in favor of the [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|controversial nomination of]] [[Robert Bork]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]], in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-23/news/mn-10814_1_senate-rejects-bork|title=Senate Rejects Bork, 58-42 : Six Republicans Bolt Party Ranks to Oppose Judge|date=October 23, 1987|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> Boren also decided in 1991 to vote against the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal91-1111031|title = CQ Almanac Online Edition}}</ref>

Boren was one of the President [[Bill Clinton]]'s top choices to replace [[Les Aspin]] as a [[U.S. Secretary of Defense]] in 1994. However, Clinton selected [[William J. Perry]] instead.<ref>[[George Stephanopoulos]], ''[[All Too Human: A Political Education]]'', 1999</ref>

In a controversial public ''mea culpa'' in a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' Op/Ed piece, Boren expressed regret over his vote to [[advice and consent|confirm]] Supreme Court Associate Justice [[Clarence Thomas]]. Partly as a result of that statement, ''[[The Daily Oklahoman]]'', the largest newspaper in Oklahoma, which had encouraged and endorsed Boren's entire career, began intensely criticizing him.<ref>[http://newsok.com/the-boren-standard/article/2402804/?page=2 "The Boren Standard"], ''[[The Daily Oklahoman]]'', August 11, 1992</ref>