Limiting oneself in ANY endeavor is moronic.
It’s even more pronounced when “limiting” choices on a matter like the SCOTUS.
Witness the mess we have now.
Here’s an interesting irony. I get bashed on here a lot for being a die-hard Cruz supporter until the bitter end in 2016, and for sincerely believing that Cruz would have made a stronger effort than Trump of finding ACTUAL conservative SCOTUS judges, instead of just paying lip service to that.
Cruz NOW says in hindsight that he had problems with BOTH of Trump’s first two picks (Gorsuch and Kavanaugh) and expressed those concerns to Trump privately:
Of course, that wasn’t what he said at the time... at the time he made sure to PUBLICLY be a “Team Player” and spread the Official Party Line about how awesome they were, and how fantastic it was that Trump picked them:
Bottom line, Ted Cruz should have had the balls to PUBLICLY express his doubts about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh at the time, if his gut feeling was they couldn’t be trusted. Instead, he just swallowed his pride and touted the administration’s propaganda, so he wouldn’t be seen as a bitter NeverTrumper.
So Ted Cruz has some flaws, but ironically its for the OPPOSITE reason most FReepers think are is his flaws.
Kinda like how Herbert Hoover was a crappy President, but for the OPPOSITE reason most Americans believe he was.