Didn't he go on and on (and on and on) about how concerned he was about her “temperament?” Didn't he read all those anonymous lawyers' comments about how mean she is? Didn't he tell her to go away and “reflect” on what he said to her about how she is a “bully?”

Maybe he talked to his good friend John McCain, whose anger issues are the stuff of legend in the Senate. Maybe he realized he really likes bullies. Or maybe he was never sincere about any of his questioning of Judge Sotomayor and just got drafted to do his share of the dirty work of laying a foundation for the GOP in 2012 by playing the race card over and over again from the bottom of the deck.

Your guess is as good as mine.