Bittersweet

No. Not the Xena episode. The Meirs withdrawal. Its unfortunate that this battle had to be fought -- the President should never have put his most steadfast supporters in this position. K-Lo nails it, too. Nevertheless, its always best to win battles that need fighting. And, perhaps best of all, Patterico can now come in from the window ledge. Now we can get on with the job of putting tried and trusted conservative judges on the Supreme Court.

More: Via NRO, here's the withdrawal letter, its prose a final testament to the bullet we have dodged. Put her on the Fifth Circuit. Or, better yet, the Galveston Division of the Eastern District of Texas. They could use so another pro-business judge over Brazoria way (birthplace of the best judicial opinion in the last 25 years).

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