The Trouble with Harry

"I think [nominating a senator to the Supreme Court] is a great idea. Some outstanding people have come from the Senate. The last was an ex-Ku Klux Klansman who turned out to be one of the greatest civil-rights jurists of all time." -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid

Is Reid actually advocating WV Senator Robert Byrd as a justice?? The same Robert Byrd who filibustered civil rights legislation??