No mention of what the other half of the “deal” was. Did McConnell trade something?
Looks to me like he traded time to the RATs for campaigning, this really isn’t a big deal because these judges were going to be confirmed anyway.
He gave them a few more days in their state for campaigning for those up for re-election.
FTA: Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice, a group leading opposition to Kavanaugh’s nomination, said an extra few days on the campaign trail isn’t worth the impact on the federal judiciary.
“Trading this many lifetime positions away for a couple days back home in the dead of August is a metaphor for how myopic the Democrats’ approach has been at this dark moment in history,” he said in a statement.
Of course. You get a week off.