This could be a canned answer to disallow the dems any more ammo during the hearings. I think if Roberts had "announced" his thinking was just like Scalia and Thomas, getting confirmed would have been a bit harder.
Just MHO
Look. I can understand Roberts sidesteping the abortion issue and saying he won't comment on any case that has a high probability of seeing the light of day, while he sits on the SC, but calling yourself an originalist, or a constitutionalist should be something any American citizen would be proud to call themselves.
>>>>I think if Roberts had "announced" his thinking was just like Scalia and Thomas, getting confirmed would have been a bit harder.
There is nothing wrong with Roberts being careful in his answers, but those on the right side of the political spectrum can't keep running from challenges just because we are afraid of how the loyal political opposition will react. After all, these hearings are adversarial in nature.