That is not the viewpoint of a conservative. "justice" Kennedy, which forces us to utter an oxymoron every time we refer to him, holds the balance for the continuation of the slaughter of the unborn.
What could be more central to the definition of being conservative, than the desire, and commitment to CONSERVE the life of the innocent and defenseless?
God Creates the Life, places it in our hands to CONSERVE it and nurture it, not to murder it.
If you walk away from that commitment, your tether to the definition of conservatism has been severed completely, and with no anchor, you are pulled by currents this way and that way, with no control over your own destiny.
The Master Jesus Christ gave us a reference point for this principle in the foundation building parable:
Matthew 724 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Only those who are standing on the rock, are standing their groud.
Yes, it is. No conservative would prefer Sotomayor and Kagan to Kennedy.
See, I can make worthless blanket statements also.
If you walk away from that commitment,
Non-sequitur. I'm not walking away from a commitment to life by preferring Kennedy to Sotomayor/Kagan.