Where's the Burger?

By George Neumayr
The American Spectator

Pat Leahy, appearing on This Week With George Stephanopoulos, confirmed that Harriet Miers during a meeting with him called "Warren Burger" one of her favorite justices. Leahy said that the Washington Post's story of the conversation had been bungled; Leahy didn't remember her first saying "Warren" before clarifying that she meant "Warren Burger," not Earl Warren. Not that that matters much. It is still a gaffe. In fact, it should lead people to wonder which is actually the more damaging answer: Earl Warren or Warren Burger? Roe v. Wade would probably have been a bridge too far even for Earl Warren. But not for Burger.