Miers v. O'Connor
Atrios posts some instructive quotes from 1981 stories on Reagan's nomination of Justice O'Connor. Things like this:

[D]eputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes said she had told the president "she is personally opposed to abortion and that it was especially abhorent to her. She also feels the subject of the regulation of abortion is a legitimate subject for the legislative area."

Isn't it nice to see how far we've come in out political discourse in the last 25 years? I'll be damned if we're not having the exact same conversation. It's looking like Trent Lott's having none of it.