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If that was correct reasoning, Bush I should never have nominated Thomas, as he was openly Pro-life. Scalia as well, would never have been nominated.

You fight for what is right, and then if you have to settle for a little less, you do so. You do not start the fight with the candidate who is most acceptable.

As in any negotiation startegy, you have your best case/strongest outcome and then you have in your mind the least you will accept. You should not go into negotiations with your least best outcome on the table.That is what you are saying Bush should do.

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If that was correct reasoning, Bush I should never have nominated Thomas, as he was openly Pro-life. Scalia as well, would never have been nominated.
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Incorrect. Thomas was NOT openly Pro Life. An openly pro Life nominee will get filibustered. I don't have details on Scalia, but I would venture to guess that he also refused to answer any such question about Roe v. Wade. Thomas was instinctively attacked by the Left because he was a GOP nominee. The left never filibustered him. They would have if he had been overtly, publicly Pro Life. They didn't filibuster him on a he said/she said issue without any further evidence. It had nothing to do with Pro Life issues.

The correct procedure is to nominate a confirmable right leaning moderate and hope. You can't do better. Repeat: You Can't Do Better. You can do worse, far worse, and that is defined as taking any action which might increase the odds of electing a Democrat and getting left leaning moderates who will be confirmable and who will advance the cause of killing more unborn babies.

You can be a part of that agenda, and then try to look in the mirror, if you so choose.

Thomas, as he was openly Pro-life.

No, before he went on the Court, Justice Thomas said that he had "no opinion" on Roe v. Wade and had never "given it {abortion} much thought." He may have been bluffing. He is about the best of the nine justices in my opinion, with strong, forceful, consistent conservative decisions, but he said that he had no opinions on abortion when being considered for Senate confirmation.