I wonder if Clarence Thomas has been talking to Rush. He would know that Roberts is the one who’s kept the eligibility cases from being heard - and thus apparently compromised. Thomas could tell Rush that without telling Rush what the Obamacare decision was going to be.
I believe something different may have happened here.
Roberts knew this ruling would gift wrap a huge issue for Mitt Romney, the Republicans and the Tea Party movement.
They are setting things up for a GOP sweep in November - Obama has been a fall guy from day one.
El Rushbo did loosen up a little today when he said that he was warned long ago by a good source that he shouldn't consider Justice Kennedy as being the future weak leak on the Supremes, but to keep an alert eye on the so-called conservative Roberts.
Rush thinks Roberts is trying to carve out a "legacy" for himself....i.e., people think of the "Warren Court" and the "Rehnquist Court"....and he'd like to leave a "Roberts Court" to history.
Rush may be correct on this, although I think there's something more to it than that rather simplistic analysis. I think Rush would privately agree with my take, also.
Leni