Our views: ; Say it isn't so; W.Va. voters should check this unscrupulous political stunt

WHEN Justice Warren McGraw and two others decided that HouseSpeaker Bob Kiss was too conservative to sit on the state SupremeCourt, political insiders speculated about what the next move inthis high-stakes chess game would be.

Well, here it comes.

One of the speculations was that Warren McGraw would try to tradethe four years left on his unexpired term for 12 years of jobsecurity by running for one of the two full-term seats open thisyear.

The move involves much more than McGraw's personal fortunes, asthe state's entire legal community is well aware.

What's at stake here is the philosophical balance of the court.

McGraw and Justice Larry Starcher …