The important number is 50 pro-life senators. Until we have 50 senators on our side who really want roe-v-wade reversed, we will have to play this kabuki dance.
Maybe Harriet will just go right up there and say "Roe-V-Wade" was bad constitutional law.
I hope she does. It's accurate, shows a good understanding of the constitution, and yet would not reveal how she would vote (after all, there is always super-stare-decisis).
Although I imagine once she said that, she would end up filibuster-bait. And no way the republicans would invoke the nuclear option on her, not with all the evidence from conservatives that she is an obviously unqualified nominee.
Did we have 50 when Thomas was confirmed? I believe we had only 43 Republicans total at the time.