Mark Warner is a “Yes” vote for Elena Kagan

Not that anyone is surprised.

In a statement released today, Warner said:

“Elena Kagan has been a trailblazer. I believe her life story and academic and legal experience will provide an important perspective to the deliberations and decisions of the Court.’

Does this put Warner even more out of touch with the electorate he promised to serve from “The Sensible Center?”

In 2005, Warner wrote “…in the heartland, in states like Virginia, folks are looking for something else, something I call the sensible center. The sensible center is wide open for any Democrat who can credibly make the case.”

I’m not sure that Virginia could ever be considered “the heartland.” Maybe, like Tim Kaine thinking that Virginia borders Delaware, Warner gets a little mixed up in his geography.

But back to the original point. Can a vote for Elena Kagan be considered a vote from the “Sensible Center?”

The Washington Times writes that “As a Supreme Court law clerk, Ms. Kagan wrote that she was “not sympathetic” toward protecting Second Amendment rights. She was also instrumental in developing President Clinton’s gun-control regulations during the 1990s.”

Writing in National Review Online, Senator Tom Coburn said, “In her testimony, it was clear that Kagan subscribes to the progressive view that the wrongly decided precedents of the Supreme Court are more important the clear intent of the Constitution.”

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop wrote in a letter to the members of the Senate that Kagan “manipulated the medical policy statement on partial-birth abortion of a major medical organization.” He continued, “In my many decades of service as a medical doctor, I have never known of a case where partial-birth abortion was necessary in place of a more humane and ethical alternative. I urge the Senate to reject the politicization of medical science and vote no on the Kagan nomination.”

Granted those are largely conservative voices of opposition. But who can rationally argue that they’re not sensible?

Kagan’s confirmation is all but certain. But in casting a yes vote, is Warner really serving the people of the Commonwealth from the “sensible center?”

As of this writing, Virginia’s other Senator Jim Webb has not indicated how he will vote on the Kagan nomination.

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