Specter's Looking for a Swinger

What is this? Senator Arlen Specter tells Brit Hume this morning that he wants another swing-vote justice on the court.

Well, thanks for sharing. Specter seems determined to make me regret having supported him -- see here and here -- for Judiciary Committee chairman. Here's hoping he doesn't forget that no committee chairmanship is written in stone.

Here's the fact: Anyone who's advocating a "swing vote" on the Court must be doing so for political, rather than legal reasons. From a legal perspective, predictability is always better than unpredictability -- and many of those searching for a "moderate" would not be doing so, of course, if the alternative were a liberal, rather than a conservative.