Dog, this has been in the back of my mind ever since Pres. Bush said Meiers "was the best person I could find." I was willing to bet that many or all of the people we would have wanted (JRB, Luttig, etc.) had their reasons for not wanting to go thru the hell that the confirmation process has turned into.
Interesting perspective.
I remember the look on Judge Roberts wife's face as the President of the United States was nominating her husband to be a justice on the USSC. Would you expect a look of pride and joy? What I saw was a look of dread at the anal exam that she knew was coming.