[John Valentine]

Agreed, an interesting read, but nothing in there supports your statement that “Ted Cruz brought John Roberts on board in the Bush administration.”

Cruz did no such thing. The Roberts nomination was suggested by Jeb Bush, and championed by the late Fred Thompson. Cruz advocated for another candidate whose name I can’t remember ATM, and my quick research hasn’t helped refresh it.

Long story short, Cruz got on board once his boss, George W. Bush (he was President, you recall?) selected Roberts. Cruz worked for Bush, and surely you can’t think that Cruz would have worked AGAINST Roberts’ confirmation in the Senate at that point.

The truth is that Cruz played a nearly insignificant role in securing the nomination for Roberts. Any other read of the facts completely overstates the importance of Ted Cruz and his influence at the time.

[Amntn]

http://www.texastribune.org/2012/07/09/cruz-and-roberts-go-way-back/

“Cruz, Justice Roberts Have History”

[DoughtyOne]

Cruz reportedly made that comment while explaining why, as a domestic policy adviser for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, he brought Roberts to Florida to assist with his team's legal battle over the controversial post-election recount.

What does this imply to you?

This isn't bringing Roberts on board the Bush team?