Specter did a great job of helping us get Alito and Roberts confirmed.
Yes he did. And he deserves praise for it. He would get more praise if he got more nominees through committee.
But he is carrying water, as usual, for the anti-American left, with his hearings on wiretaps and his "concern" for civil liberties, and his putting forth the Kennedy bill on immigration.
I'd rather have Kyl as chairman, who is next in line if Grassely turned it down to ramain chairman of Finance. We wouldn't have all this leftist crap and bending over backwards to be fair to Leahy, et al. Give me a Jesse Helms type anyday.
Specter could not stop them from getting to the floor for a vote.
The truth matters.
He slowed down the process in both cases in order to give the Dems a chance to find something to use against them or to force them to withdraw. Bush wanted Roberts confirmed in December and it wasn't until the end of January when he got through the long delayed hearings. I don't remember the time frame on Alito.
I am not a Bush fan and I am not convinced that these guys are everything that some people think they are, but Specter did not help, he just couldn't stop them. He didn't have the votes.