Kathryn – Here’s more Reid on Thomas and the Court (via Drudge), who knew he was such a deep thinker?

When asked to comment on Thomas as a possible replacement for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Reid told NBC’s “Meet the Press”: “I think that he has been an embarrassment to the Supreme Court.
“I think that his opinions are poorly written. I just don’t think that he’s done a good job as a Supreme Court justice.”
Rehnquist announced he had thyroid cancer earlier this year, and there has been speculation about a possible replacement should he retire.
Kathy Arberg, a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court, said Thomas’ policy is not to comment on such matters.
But the Nevada Democrat said that he could support Thomas’ fellow conservative, Justice Antonin Scalia, if he were nominated.
“I cannot dispute the fact, as I have said, that this is one smart guy,” Reid said of Scalia. “And I disagree with many of the results that he arrives at, but his reasons for arriving at those results are very hard to dispute.”
Citing a hunting trip Scalia took with Dick Cheney before hearing a case involving the commission the vice president set up to work on an energy bill, Reid said the justice has some ethics problems.
“So we have to get over this,” he said.