I always thought it interesting that the Democrats never attacked him for his vote against the Civil Rights Act. All they cared about was whether he had ever cheated on his wife.
His drinking was a fairly big issue as well. But you’re right on the Civil Rights Act vote.
The confirmation hearings for Bork had Chappaquidick Ted, Plagiarist Joe and graft & pork Howard all sitting in judgement.
That was the first time I realized that the struggle involved good versus evil rather than just a clash of opinions.
Bork clearly stood for integrity, reverence for the constitution and truth. Seeing those three slimes arrayed against such a man of obvious character using sophistry and trying to trap Bork showed me for the first time that the bad guys were for real.
Bork was a towering intellect compared to them, he was beyond qualified to represent the constitution. They had to lie to defeat him.