Elections Have Concequences
Sen. John McCain reacted to President Obama’s pick of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court by reminding his audience that “elections have consequences.”
Sen. McCain said he most likely would not have nominated Judge Sotomayor had he won the presidential election last November.
“I committed to nominating people to the US Supreme Court and other courts if I had been elected, and they were what they call strict constitutionalists, who strictly adhere to the Constitution. Justice Sotomayor may be qualified and we will examine that, but I think I would not have nominated her,” McCain said during an interview this morning on KQTH FM in Tucson, Arizona.
And perhaps undermining a key Republican line of attack on Judge Sotomayor, Sen. McCain said it will be the examination of her legal opinions as a sitting judge — not her words before public audiences — to which he will give the most weight when considering her nomination.
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