Rudman was pretty liberal. If he guaranteed Souter as a true conservative, I gotta wonder!
Would he know a true conservative if he fell over one? Would he want a true conservative when he himself was not? He certainly wanted his fellow New Hampshirian to get on the Court.
As for Sununu, I understood that Bush was looking for a stealth candidate that they could get past the Dem Senate, and that Sununu's "ok" stamp on Souter was the deciding factor in Bush's decision.
Too bad, since Souter turned out to be a flaming Lib.
And "flaming" might be the keyword regarding Souter...lol.