Overplaying Their Hand?

Orrin Hatch just described Bush's supreme court pick thusly:

"They're against any Republican. We knew that just no matter who it was -- it could be the greatest person in the world, and Roberts is, is that -- they would come out against him."

The greatest person in the world? The world, Orrin? I don't mean to tell you how to do your selling job, but shouldn't you at least stick to the realm of the remotely plausible? Oh, I forgot, you're a Republican. Never mind. Greatest person in the world. Whatever, dude.