You forget who Team Romney is.
It is GUARANTEED that the best we’d ever get is a Kennedy, and most likely a Souter. The Establishment GOP does NOT want a fifth Conservative judge; they want a Pro-business Social progressive that will keep the status quo on the most important Constitutional issues of the day.
The Conservative grassroots is Pro-business, Pro-Free Markets, Pro-Capitalism, Pro-Life, Pro-Constitution, Pro-Gun, and Pro-traditional marriage. The GOP Establishment is Pro-Money, Pro-Fiscal Libertarianism and NOTHING else. They could ABSOLUTELY care less about ANYTHING else; and the only backers who are truly important to them are the Chamber.
If they succeed in cramming Romney down our throats, you can DAMN WELL bet they aren’t going to give us an INCH on any Supreme Court justices. Even with Bush in the White House, they tried to pass-off two Social Progressives on us (Miers and Gonzalez). They want rulings like Roe CEMENTED for another generation or two. We cannot fight Romney when we had to REVOLT to fight Bush. Team Romney will be COMPLETELY deaf to us, revolt or not.
Bork is the bait, and you can bet there will be a switch when the time comes.
So you’re guessing that Bork is being exploited — and, presumably, will quit this judge-picking committee in a huff when his conservative picks aren’t, well, picked?