I have respected your wisdom for years on this site and understand completely your logic.
My point is this: now is the time, before the 2006 elections, to get as conservative a nominee confirmed as possible, just as Reagan did with Scalia before the 1986 midterms.
There is no guarantee that we'll hold the Senate beginning in Jan 2007, and everyone on this site knows that the last nominee in 2007-08 will be more moderate, not more conservative.
The time is NOW to wage the battle for a proven conservative, while we have operational control of the Senate.
You could lead me to believe you are a democrat with that statement. :o)
We do not have operational control of the Senate and will never have until we get rid of the RINOS and replace Frist with a real Leader.