Regarding: "Married priests will remove much of the leverage for women priests. If there is no significant felt need for women priests, then it will be easier for the hierarchy to continue to say no to them."
- Well, no. It is just as likely, that once the discipline of celibacy is removed as a criteria for ordination to the presbyterate it will be an easier step for women (married or chastely celibate) to be ordained to the presbyterate; somewhat of the Holy Spirit's in for penny in for a pound.
- The real concern should be that the hoped for influx of 're-activated' married presbyters and newly ordained and married presbyters of both genders will not re-clericalize the church.  
- That is, the 'dearth' of the ordained in local churches should be seen as necessary medicine leading the body of Christ to actively include the laity in all church ministries. That is, it should be no problem for a lay person to be a pastor, than it should be for a married woman to preside at the Eucharist.