Monday, January 28, 2008

McCain & Judges

There has been all sorts of buzz today at NRO and elsewhere about John Fund's column and this passage in particular:

Mr. McCain has told conservatives he would be happy to appoint the likes of Chief Justice John Roberts to the Supreme Court. But he indicated he might draw the line on a Samuel Alito, because "he wore his conservatism on his sleeve."
Fund does not offer the source of the quote, and McCain's campaign has equivocated, affirming how deeply the Senator supported the Alito nomination. But the real question is: Yeah, so McCain voted for Alito. But would he have nominated him?

This is when I groan at the thought of McCain. LL has said in the past that McCain does not get this issue; he votes like Kyl. But after Kyl's horrid support of the judicial seminar/GMU issue, is that such a good thing? UGH. The real question is: Would McCain have nominated a Harriet Miers, or a Samuel Alito? That answer would be meaningful for me.

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