Huck might appoint good judges since they would fit in with his Social Conservative world view. McCain almost certainly would appoint Leftist judges in order to avoid a fight with his good friends Ted Kennedy and Pat Leahy and his political base, the US Junk Media. After all that is why McCain formed the Gang of 14. To avoid actually having to fight the Leftist obstructionists in the US Senate.
Reagan was a social conservative and O’Connor wasn’t. Bush tried to ram Harriet Miers down our throats.
Huckabee has a record of bipartisan appointments in Little Rock...