Of the remaining five, the President was in attendance for four (and two of the four had not served as Chief Justice).

But the point is that it was a lost opportunity to make the point through action that the President has sought to make in his recent comments -- that it is time to reduce the partisanship in DC.

Your comments suggest that partisanship should continue to rule the day, contrary to the President's message.

And as I said, there is no requirement for the President to speak, as was the case with the Marshall funeral

Richard Nixon attended Earl Warren's funeral and I guarantee that Nixon felt as negatively towards Warren as Obama feels towards Scalia. And Bush attended Ted Kennedy's funeral, even though the two agreed on virtually nothing.