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Thank you.

Any reason to think Rehnquist might have had a heads up on whom was the leading candidate before Roberts was actually nominated?

[Kryptonite]

Nah, no more than any other Washington insider, maybe even less, because Rehnquist said nothing about not retiring until the announcement was actually made.

I think Roberts was somebody that was on short lists for a long time. Even I pegged him as one of my own top two (just behind Luttig) before the announcement was made.