Yep, but can't you hear it now? "I don't care if Bush chooses a blood-soaked killer for Veep -- he's just a figure head and doesn't have anything to do with abortion." Same song, 89th verse from the "Rah-Rah GOP" songbook.
Yes that's right, the Chairman of the Republican Finance Committee appoints Supreme Court Justices. I just forgot that part of the Constitution.