[TBP]

“One of the very best advocates ever” is a different thing from your claim that “ he called Roberts ‘the best ever’”. Roberts, from all accounts, was a very good litigator — you’d want him as your lawyer.

But he didn’t say that Roberts was the best lawyer whoever lived or that he would be the best Supreme Court justice ever.

You distort what Cruz says to support your candidate, just like your candidate does. It’s not honest.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

But he didn’t say that Roberts was the best lawyer whoever lived or that he would be the best Supreme Court justice ever.

You're an idiot. You don't call someone one of the "best advocates ever" or "best supreme court litigators in the nation" or "a principled conservative" if you actually, secretly oppose him.

[M. Thatcher]

You're wrong about that. "Advocate" is a professional term for lawyer. So calling Roberts "one of the very best advocates ever" is calling him one of the very best lawyers who's ever lived.

VERY BEST EVER.

Cruz is trying to walk away from his effusive praise, but the truth is the truth.