My best advice to Collins and Murkowski is to approach Kavanaugh as if Obama or Hillary had nominated him. Would you be so on the fence for a Dem nominee where 80-90% of their total record was being withheld on “confidentiality” grounds? Would you support the nomination of a Dem candidate who feels a president can’t be subpoeaned by a Dem president under investigation for obstruction of justice? If a Dem nominee was facing accusations of having committed perjury multiple times, would you be saying in public that you’re “uncertain”? If that Dem nominee was a figure in some of the most controversial decisions of the Obama administration, would you be actively considering to confirm them?

If the answer to any of the above is “No,” but you’re still going to confirm Bob Kavanaugh anyway, then you’re wasting all our time by suggesting you’re in any way “conflicted.”