I don't think he'd have the patience for the bs. He appears not to suffer fools lightly.
Here's a fun thing to imagine. There's another vacancy on the Supreme Court. Bush nominates Bolten. Leahy and Kennedy start grandstanding and Bolton slaps the bleep out of them. Ah, I can dream can't I?
If there's another Supreme Court vacancy, I think the President should appoint Orrin Hatch. He's the one Conservative that can stop the Liberal interest groups because he's a Member of the club...