[kluge5180]

My thoughts exactly. Any ringing endorsement from HRC should cast doubt upon this nominee. Also, the 95-0 confirmation is suspicious. Given these two facts, it is impossible that this guy has any conservative bonafides.

Does anyone know anything about him?

[digger48]

confirmations used to be unanimous, or nearly so. That ended when Teddy "Borked" the process

[AdrianR]

This is his resume. Not very informative, though. Most recently, he was the president of Verizon.
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/crottyresume.htm
He was originally nominated in 2004 but did not make it out of committee. Re-nominated this year.