I’m not sure what to make of his responses. He knows he’s being hunted by the dems, that they’re looking for something to raise a ruckus over. If you parse him in that light, he could just be evading them, and doing a pretty good job of it. He opted not to have his nomination stalled or to be tarred as an ideologue on the hill of Roe v. Wade. At the same time, nothing in his response precludes the possibility of his deciding to overturn it given the right case and the right argument. He merely affirmed the fact that Roe is established precedent and that he would treat it as such per the conventions of our system. That doesn’t mean it can’t be overturned. He may turn out to he an unprincipled squish but it could also be that he’s just keeping his head down while he runs the gauntlet here.
I agree 100% with what you said. I’m not sure either what to make of his responses. They could go either way.