McCain certainly won't help Bush for more than five minutes. He must have had something strange for breakfast this morning.
As for the war over SCOTUS, if Bush nominates Alberto Gonzalez, he will be fighting without the support of his conservative base. Gonzalez is wrong on abortion, guns, immigration, religious freedom, and just about any other important issue you can think of.
Let's hope the story posted here this morning that he was going to be interviewed for the job was not true, because if it is, Bush can fight his war to appoint this pro-abort RINO all by himself without any help from most of us.