>> do you think that the meiers nomination showed that it would be almost impossible for someone to serve on the supreme court now if they haven't been a judge before? >> i don't think that should be the case. one reason i felt so strongly about harriet miers' qualifications is i thought she would fill some very important gaps in the supreme court. because right now you have people who have been federal judges, circuit judges, most of their lives, and what you see is a lack of grounding and reality common sense that i think would be very beneficial. >> the same jon cornyn now raising concerns about kagan's lack of judicial experience back in 2005 was mourning the loss of would-be supreme court justice harriet miers, hoping her withdrawal wouldn't make it impossible for non-judges to be supreme court judges in the future. unless we're talking about a