Yes, but Alito was already poised to get a seat. Miers was to be a team player, Alito is a individualist and it's too early to make a judgment as to how he will perform. This years cases may tell the tale, but I am quite sure miers would have been just fine and would have followed Thomas and Scalia. Alito is not a team player IMO.
I can't believe you're still beating this dead horse nearly a year later.
Can't you just admit you were wrong about Miers and conservatives were right to demand a verifiable conservative for the position? Is it that difficult?
It really isn't that hard - I speak from experience. Hell, I'm wrong all the time (just ask my wife), and I don't have a problem admitting it when I am ...
...otherwise she'll really let me have it! :-)