OPINION: Claire McCaskill will cast a no-win vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Do you, A) Vote to confirm Trump's latest
(After all, even in the unlikely event that this undeniably qualified, completely establishmentarian, lifelong swamp creature is somehow blocked, Trump's next pick won't exactly be
You vote yes to keep your seat. To refuse to hand your opponent the weapon he can't wait to use against you. To preserve your ability to do what you, of course, would naturally see as your best for the people of
B) Or do you vote no because you love Roe and Casey more than you love your job? Or because by voting no, you avoid outraging all those Democratic activists who expect you to go down swinging, literally. With abortion rights on the line for real this time, the pro-choice lobby that controls so much in the Democratic Party won't forgive a yes vote.
Behind Door No. 2 is a lot more campaign cash, among other compensations. True, the result of voting against what the
As Kavanaugh's old boss
So definitely, you take a minute. You're going to give this serious question the serious attention it deserves. Maybe you spend a couple of days in the damn lake house the damn
While you stall -- er, examine the longtime judge's voluminous record -- you form a support group with other Democratic senators in a pickle, like
Of course, everyone is urging you to vote your conscience.
But do you vote your conscience, which is telling you to vote no, because this Kavanaugh guy's idea of the common good has nothing to do with your own?
Or do you vote your conscience, which is telling you to vote yes, because no one will ever convince you that you're not better for
Do you show you're authentic by voting the way you'd vote if this were your last day in the
Or do you show you're authentic by voting the way you'd vote to make sure it's not your last term?
It's Hawley's good fortune that the
McCaskill, who made her own luck in her last run, against Republican
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