Mayor Bloomberg’s statement opposing the confirmation of Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court generated among many New Yorkers a rush of disgust. It epitomizes everything that many of us see as the disappointing side of the mayor – his spinelessness, his tendency to pander, his disregard for political loyalty, his self-righteousness when it comes to what he defines as matters of “public health,” his special interest-driven politicking accompanied by blather about how he isn’t motivated by politics. His allegiance only to himself. His abuse of public resources. His arrogance. His hypocrisy. His combination of grandiosity and smallness.