John Kerry hasn't monopolized the "skill" of flip-flopping in the Bay State.
From Jill Zuckman in Friday's Chicago Tribune. Free registration required:
At Thurgood Marshall's 1967 Supreme Court confirmation hearing, a young Sen. Edward Kennedy lectured his colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, saying it was not their responsibility to question a nominee's judicial philosophy, only to ascertain his legal credentials and qualifications.
But now, Kennedy (D-Mass.) and many other senators want to know a nominee's opinion on everything from abortion to environmental and civil rights, as they evaluate whoever President Bush chooses to fill Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat."
A resume is no substitute for answering questions about whether the nominee respects the basic rights and freedoms on which the nation was founded," Kennedy said on the Senate floor this week in an about-face from his comments almost four decades ago.
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A good-natured person who has integrity should be strongly considered. Anyone who can appeal to Ayn Rand conservatives like Metro and Aron and moderate, pro-life Republicans like myself should cover almost every part of our coalition.
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