Exactly right. Roberts needs Kennedy with him to overturn O’care; so he gave Kennedy support on Arizona (something he otherwise would not have done).
We’re on the same page. And since the AZ case would have been decided the same way with or without Roberts’s vote (4-4 would have resulted in the 9th Circuit opinion being upheld with respect to the three clauses that SCOTUS struck down; the 9th Circuit still would have een overruled 8-0 on section 2(b)), it wasn’t that big of a sacrifice for Roberts.
Goodness. Thanks for just coming out and saying it, because I had no idea what Rush and a few others were trying to imply.
I still have no idea if this is true, though. I guess it’s fun speculation.