Harriet Miers: The Conference Call

John Fund WSJ:

"On Oct. 3, the day the Miers nomination was announced.....religious conservatives held a conference call to discuss the nomination. One of the people on the call took extensive notes, which I have obtained. According to the notes, two of Ms. Miers's close friends--both sitting judges--said during the call that she would vote to overturn Roe."

"The benign interpretation of the comments is that the two judges were speaking on behalf of themselves, not Ms. Miers or the White House, and they were therefore offering a prediction, not an assurance, about how she would come down on Roe v. Wade. But the people I interviewed who were on the call took the comments as an assurance, and at least one based his support for Ms. Miers on them."

This will almost certainly provoke Democrat opposition to Miers' confirmation. But isn't that what Miers' conservative critics want -- her name withdrawn, her confirmation opposed?
--LynZee