He's also said that Roberts is comparable to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and then he goes on to praise Ginsburg.
along with the 96 other senate votes Ginsberg got. and if you note that quote that has been posted, the Colmes interview, you'll see right there he praises her intellect, but notes that her ideology is not in line:
"I mean, she was — she maybe came at it from a very different political background"
republican presidents don't litmus test their judicial picks. no openly anti-Roe justice can be confirmed anyway. we pick constitutionalists, and let the chips fall where they may when the cases get there. pro-choice republicans support those picks - what was Arlen Spector doing sheparding Roberts and Alito onto the SCOTUS? other pro-choice republican senators voted for them, why did they do that? if every pro-choice RINO strictly excluded these kind of justices, they wouldn't be on the Court right now.