"There's nothing to it. His firm had a client; he was helping his colleagues prepare for the case. It was a case of professional courtesy."
That's my read on this as well. Any attorney will tell you that the client's views do not necessarily represent the attorney's views, and that any good attorney will provide a zealous case for the client.
What it looks like is that we have a nominee, who cannot be opposed by the 'Rats for any other reason than the fact that he's Conservative, and the 'Rats are on notice that that argument will NOT fly. So, here we go with the left wing media machine, trying to see what will stick...
That sums it up very well. But you should have included that "some" Conservatives seem to be working along WITH the left wing media machine on this one. Sad, isn't it??