Quote of the Day

From today's Best of the Web on OpinionJournal.com, regarding an editorial in the New York Times on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court (emphasis mine):

The Times actually calls the Alito pick "yet another occasion to bemoan lost opportunities," and opines: "Mr. Bush could have signaled that he was prepared to move on to a more expansive presidency by nominating a qualified moderate who could have garnered a nearly unanimous Senate vote rather than another party-line standoff." In other words, Bush should have betrayed those who voted for him by appointing a justice who would have pleased those who voted against him.

And the more I read about Sandra Day O'Connor, the more I'm convinced she wasn't a "moderate," she was an undisciplined floater whose view of the law depended on her whims.