Roberts is hardly an indicator...

1. he avoided the question for the most part (as he correctly should do), but of what he did answer, he uttered the "settled law" phrase -- making him, essentially more pro-choice than pro-life.

2. his credentials were second to NO ONE. He tried more cases before the supreme court than all the other justices COMBINED. He had the education, the history, the whole nine yards. Those that voted against him merely showed their non-constitutional intent. When George Will makes the astute observation about Miers that she had no more creds than thousands of other lawyers ... well, in that regard, Roberts is the anti-Miers. There aren't 5 lawyers in the county MORE qualified.

.....and still the litmus-test liberals voted against him.

Who's got the litmus test?