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.
If they told him not to pick Luttig or Jones and that they wouldn't support them, they were bluffing, and Bush should have called that bluff.
There's no way Specter risks losing his chairmanship and McCain undermines his candidacy by crossing Bush on this issue.
Dirtboy -
How did Clarence Thomas manage to get approved by a Democrat controlled Senate after the bloodbath he was put through. If anyone was a slamdunk to get turned down, it's Thomas.