My colleague Paul has an unanswerable argument in the Paper of Record: nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opi…
The Senate is 50/50. Typically, there is at least some change in the partisan composition of the Senate during a term, and there are six Dem Senators over the age of 70 who would be replaced by a Republican governor 
The Supreme Court is ALREADY dominated by the country's minority faction, which has essentially stopped even trying to attract national majorities. Not even being to replace Breyer with a Democratic nominee would be catastrophic
And while RBG made a tragic mistake, she was at least a genuine human rights pioneer, and I can understand why someone who spent a lifetime dealing with sexist double standards would be defensive about staying on...
...Breyer is just a replacement-level liberal law guy, who Clinton wasn't crazy about but got the nomination because the Dem bench was so thin after 24 years of Republican administrations punctuated by a one-term Democrat who considered federal judicial appointments a nuisance
It's just unconscionable for Breyer to put himself above the values he's supposed to be committed to, and that he can fully see what happened the last time a Dem justice made this gamble makes it even worse. He needs to step down.
And yes OBVIOUSLY the resignation should be effective only after a replacement is confirmed
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