I worry Dems, afraid to talk Russia on TV, will grill Kavanaugh on Roe, when all America anticipated and already accepted Trump would nominate someone who opposed abortion rights. Meanwhile, the nomination is a plot to scuttle the Russia probe—but we might hear little about that.
2/ Look at it this way: the list the Federalist Society gave Trump to choose a Justice from was filled with Roe opponents. But Trump went *off-list*. He did that because Kavanaugh will help him end Mueller's Russia investigation, not because Kavanagh was another pro-life jurist.
3/ So when Democrats stamp their feet about Roe v. Wade, they'll be entirely *correct* but they won't surprise anyone in or out of Congress into changing their mind about how this nomination should be seen. With they need to do is show the *corrupt intent* behind this nomination.
4/ Good on Durbin for going there.
