The Stevens rumors have been floated for years. Bush was ALWAYS going to have a tough time with a replacement for Stevens. One or two senators won't change that.
This latest one I read on Human Events online:
The Rumor About John Paul Stevens
Excerpt: For the past several weeks, there has been a rumor circulating among high-level officials in Washington, D.C., that a member of the U.S. Supreme Court has received grave medical news and will announce his or her retirement by year’s end. While such rumors are not unusual in the nation’s capital, this one comes from credible sources. Additionally, a less credible but still noteworthy post last week at the liberal Democratic Underground blog says, “Send your good vibes to Justice Stevens. I just got off the phone with a friend of his family and right now he is very ill and at 86 years old that is not good.”