Schumer -- Don't use my 2007 speech to justify blocking Obama nominee

From The Washington Examiner via H/T at Instapundit:

The Senate's No. 3 Democrat said Tuesday that his 2007 promise to block a conservative Supreme Court nominee should not be used by the GOP to justify its own plan to ignore President Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said his pledge to stop a nomination by then-President George W. Bush is an "apples to oranges comparison" to the current vacancy because he would have at least entertained the nomination and voted on it.

What a fascinating insight into Schumer’s ego: it’s not about you, Chuck. It’s about doing what’s right, long-term for the country, given how Democrats have essentially abandoned democracy and handed major nation-changing decisions to nine “men in black,” as Mark Levin put it a decade ago.

Will there be any network reporter asking Chuck, "Why not?"