Perhaps. I always believed he would want to write the opinion that drove a dagger in the heart of Roe v. Wade.
Roe vs. Wade was based on premises and medical information that makes it one of the worst decisions rendered in almost a century. Read it...it is so awful, it is laughable. However, it is rife to be overturned.
This, on the other hand, has been a topic that has been “radioactive” for almost all Courts. Nino basically did what he does best. He used his brain to remind us of what the Constitution says and not what a Court wants it to say. That is why he will be so proud of this, makes Stevens look like an old idiot, and why it was settled so narrowly. He did all he could to keep a simple majority. No coattails allowed in such an important case just to get a 7-2. No compromise...clean by first appearances.