This whole exercise with Spector is a waste of hard earned political capital. The MSM is trying to get the conservatives to spend early and waste what they have earned.
Winning is the goal, not arguing. Bush has already laid down the marker. he will appoint judges who interpret the law not rule by their opinion.
What is needed is strategy. The old in your face one has not worked and simply feeds the MSM with the ammo they use to blast us with.
I come to win not just waste my time playing the MSM game.
Why does it expend political capital to put the best man in the chair of the judiciary committee?
The only downside I can see to doing that would be if Specter revolted by getting even more liberal, perhaps even switching parties. Putting a true conservative like Santorum in the chairman's seat would accomplish a lot. It will also act to set him up for bigger and better things. I'm convinced that this is Specter's last term.