He’s the consummate “centrist”. No surprise.
If Mark Judge simply dissembles or outright lies, Kavanaugh is guaranteed to be on the SC.
Prediction: Judge will “not recall” the event Christine Blasey Ford described. There will be some internal inconsistencies in what the FBI finds. Republicans – with the only possible exception of Murkowski – will be OK with all that.
To be clear about CFM: no honest person would be struggling with the decision to confirm Kavanaugh. This is all about spinelessness and which way the wind is blowing. These people are perfect examples of cover-your-ass all the way weathervanes.
One other thing: Kavanaugh has full-blown covert narcissistic personality disorder.
Addendum: The Senate is perfectly OK with being lied to by Kavanaugh. There is no reason why that should change during the forthcoming week.