Bloomberg.com reports that President Bush accelerated his search for a Supreme Court nominee partially to give Benedict Rove a “temporary reprieve from public scrutiny of his role in the disclosure of an intelligence operative’s identity.” There’s a big surprise.

Apparently Bush had orignally planned to announce a replacement for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor near the end of July before taking “a month-long vacation at his Crawford, Texas, ranch.” Clearly he has nothing better to do.