Miers was nominated to take Sandra Day O'Connor's seat, one that eventually went to Samuel Alito.
Kind of true but Miers wanted Alito, Rove and BB Andy Card wanted Roberts. Personnally I would have chosen Edith Jones and fought the battle and then went with Miers or Alito. Roberts was and is a Tribe guy and always has been. His decisions this week are awful. The guy rewrote the statute for goodness sakes. Judicial activism on steroids. But in the end Bush made the choice and Roberts swindled everybody. Souter on steroids.