All the focus and energy spent on CFM as though they are people of principle. Nothing but Very Serious Weathervanes (VSWs). Poor Jeff Flake may indeed be self-entangled. But think about that: if Flake is, or was, struggling with how to vote, that tells you that he is a broken man, for this is not a difficult thing to figure out.
I’m not sure how much CFM were individually struggling trying to figure out the correct thing to do, and how much they have been holding out to ensure their asses are sufficiently covered. In the former case, you have broken people who can’t figure out what is the obviously right thing to do; in the later, you have pure shysters.
So there you have it: Collins, Flake, and Murkowski are broken people or assholes – or a mix of the two. This of course is not new. But the point is, their behavior in this drawn-out process implies that they are broken/assholes, not that they are thoughtful people with integrity and spine.
It will be splendid if, on Friday or Saturday, these players vote to confirm Kavanaugh.