Is Frist using the judicial fight in his run for president? Just look at the beginning of his speech to the Heritage Foundation:

“You might have been wondering these last few months: Why would a doctor take on an issue like the judicial confirmation process?… About ten years ago, I set aside my medical career to run for the Senate. But I didn’t set aside my compassion. I didn’t set aside my character. And I sure as heck didn’t set aside my principles. I got into politics for the same reason I got into medicine. I wanted to help people. And I wanted to heal. I just felt that, in politics, I could help and heal more than one patient at a time.”