Miers confuses Specter?
I don't take this as a good sign for the nominee. After a meeting with Senator Specter, he emerged to say she believed in the right of privacy and affirmed the correctness of the Griswold case. After word got out, and she had time to be re-programmed by White House officials, she called the chairman back to say he had misunderstood her on both counts.

Specter's carefully worded statement did not withdraw his comments about Miers discussing Griswold with him, nor did it offer a correction. However, the statement said the chairman accepted Miers contention "that he misunderstood what she said."

What, were they speaking in pig latin? Did she think maybe she could tell him what he wants to hear and he would keep it to himself? I can't imagine how such a misunderstanding could occur. Senator Specter's a pretty smart guy, probably had his questions evaded more than most---he knows what it looks like when someone's trying not to take a position. So, I have to ask, can her opinion be molded so readily? It could make the hearings genuinely interesting. The first Senator to ask a question differently than those that prepared her wins! The White House won't be able to step in and save her once she's in front of the committee and her answers are public for all to hear.

But how scary is it that they are going so far out of their way to remove themselves from Griswold? Even Roberts didn't go that far.