("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
Probably true, but him being head of the Judiciary committee is reality.
Ir the goal is to have the PResident make a "bold move", or make a "statement", he can certainly do that with certain picks. Those might not be people who get confirmed, but at least he'll have made a statement.
For whatever that's worth.