This is a tired argument, that is fearing that a more qualified candidate may not get confirmed. If the WH nominated Meirs not out of weakness - as Rush says - but out of such tiredness, then they should resign as a group. Like a shark, you either move forward or you're dead, and if the WH is too tired to move forward, then step aside and let some young blood in right now - resign and don't wait for the next election.
So are you suggesting that the Republican Senate Majority has displayed strength of will when it comes to standing up for conservative values in their legislation and has been willnig to be the majority no matter what the democrats thing? I have seen a vastly different senate in action the past three years. And will you feel the same in a couple years after it's clear that Miers is a firm conservative Justice like Thomas and Scalia?