this day in and day out. your thoughts about today s as garrett put it, the climax. garrett is exactly right. this was a moment built to take advantage of susan collins. ostensible indecision. very strategic about who was standing behind her. about having her go out and give this speech. they knew everybody would be paying attention to it because she was this person who hadn t made up their mind. all very strategically done. by whom? the white house isn t strategic. but mitch mcconnell is strategic and it wouldn t surprise me if maybe we re overreadings this but it s a fairly safe adjustmention. the vote itself is remarkable. this will be the closest since the mid-19th century. this is not the way supreme court justices were normally confirmed up until about, what, 15 years ago. normally it was generally pretty bipartisan. but since that has happened, collins and senator lindsey graham are the only ones that have consistently voted in