“If the best we get are a couple of young Sandra Day O’Connors, that is a LOT better than getting two young liberals.”
True, but John McCain is very likely to appoint someone to the right of O’Connor or Kennedy. The GOP learned its lesson the hard way. Expect the GOP to fight like the Dickens if McCain appoints anything less than an Alito or Roberts!
McCain would never do that, because it would mean the repealing of his signature legislation. Besides, the Dems will let a conservative be replaced by a conservatice justice, but even at 55 GOP Senators, they would never, ever let a conservative replace one of the left-leaning justies.