.@NinaTotenberg reports that GOP nudged Obama towards #MerrickGarland as #SCOTUSnominee.@NPR @nprpolitics pic.twitter.com/GMa0m4SXIV

— Renee Montagne (@nprmontagne) March 16, 2016

This just doesn’t pass the sniff test at all.

If the Democrats win, President Obama would withdraw and defer to Clinton or Sanders. Unless Clinton/Sanders requested it move forward without delay.

If the Republicans win, they wouldn’t install him to the SCOTUS in a lame duck session.