With Miers shot down and Libby under indictment, Bush retreated to Camp David to talk about what came next. The first task was to find another Supreme Court justice, and at this point Bush wanted no more fuss. To everyone’s amazement, Miers resumed her role as counsel, throwing herself into the search for someone to take her place as if nothing had happened. “Her stock went out of the roof internally the week after that, just the way she conducted herself,” Bartlett remembered.
