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10:54 AM, May 29, 2009 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

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Any doubts I had that it was not just right in principle but also politically smart to challenge the Sonia Sotomayor pick disappeared this morning: The National Journal reports that its survey of "GOP Insiders" shows 64 percent advising that Republicans dodge a battle, with only a quarter recommending fighting. Safe rule of American politics: Two-thirds of "GOP Insiders" are never right.

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