lacks judicial experience. most americans believe that prior judicial experience is a necessary credential for a when president bush nominated miers is, quote, one reason i felt so strongly about harriet myers qualifications, you have people who have been federal judges, sishts judges most of their lives. can republicans get away with knocking kagan for the very same reason my liked about miers. jonathan, your chuckling at the absolute absurdity of this hypocrisy. cornyn is a party guy, fair enough. a bush guy, fair enough. here he's caught saying 180 against what he said before. it's not refreshing if this case to have somebody off the bench. it's not good. >> well, you know, the real mistake i think is assuming that we have a standard resume for justices. if anything, our current court is by -- too far homogenous in