cause for hope?

I would note that I see some cause for hope concerning Harriet Miers and the abortion issue in the New York Times' account of her intervention with the ABA while she was the president of the Texas Bar. The Times indicates that it was the sense of those opposed to the ABA's declaration in support of abortion rights that abortion was a "political" issue.  Ms. Miers also "lead" an effort to allow each member of the ABA to vote on the question.  Even these stances -- neither of which concerns the precise question of abortion as a right -- give cause for hope, as they tend toward traditional pro-life conclusions: first, that Roe was essentially a political versus legal opinion; and second that Roe is opposed by a clear majority.  I'm not asserting an opinion on her appointment, simply offering that there are aspects of her intervention that are promising.