Well, I think that would have been a worthwhile move on the President's part just so Ann or Schlussel could rip apart Kennedy and Company during the hearings. Only a nominee who has no interest in the job could go in there with the freedom to speak 'truth to power'!
"Now if the President had nominated Ann Coulter"
Now that sounds like something Bill Clinton would have done. I'll bet he likes her jurisprudence.