Depends on what 'reluctant' means

"President Bush "reluctantly" accepts Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's request to withdraw her nomination."

I guess just like he 'reluctantly' accepts the resignations of people that work under him. I guess Harriet didn't deserve a fair 'up or down' vote. I thought some of the, to be quite frank, bullying of Miers was a bit unseemly. How many blogs said a form of the following: "Harriet Miers should withdraw her name for the good of the President/Republican/Conservatism".

Next thought, how do you claim the next person is 'the most qualified'??