Bush shouldn't care what McCain and Specter say. They're not the president. They would have come around. Thomas would not be on the Supreme Court if it wasn't for Specter. Specter would have come around or been run off the chairmanship. McCain would have come around because he wants to be president.
Now, it would have taken some balls on the part of Bush to nominate Luttig or Jones. I mistakenly thought he had some.
That's really friggin' brilliant. He needs both their votes to get her approved. He especially needs Specter's support to get her through the Judiciary Committee.
I don't like the RINO contingent of the Senate. But the math is simple - 55 pubbies - 7 RINOS = failed nomination. Statements like yours display an abject ignorance of the realities in the Senate.