text: I'll ask a question I've asked here before on this topic: identify the last time a "liberal" Justice broke with fellow liberals on a case involving some red hot issue & voted with a conservative majority? Yet Scalia protected the rights of flag burners, Kennedy saved Roe & legalized gay marriage, & Roberts saved Obamacare. At this point, I really don't know what liberals have to complain about from GOP nominees.
  
  As for the charade of these nominations, I'm fine with punishing McConnell, but let's not forget that it was Joe Biden & Ted Kennedy who made these hearings the truly appalling events that they are. It's time to go back to the old method: end the hearing charade. If you complain about the campaign-esque fundraising that now occurs (for nominees of both parties, Sen. Whitehouse), then end the campaign-esque features of the process. I'll won't hold my breath.