From yesterday's
press conference about nominee Harriett Miers:
"THE PRESIDENT: Correct. And I'll say it again: There is no litmus test.
Q But she is not someone you interviewed for the job that you didn't know. You've known her a long time. Have you never discussed abortion with her?
THE PRESIDENT: In my interviews with any judge, I never ask their personal opinion on the subject of abortion.
Q In your friendship with her, you've never discussed abortion?
THE PRESIDENT:
Not to my recollection have I ever sat down with her -- what I have done is understand the type of person she is and the type of judge she will be. "
He's never discussed abortion with her? No way.