Max Boot: ’Unfortunately’ Not Enough Senators Behaved Rationally Like Murkowski

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BOOT: "That’s true. He realized he made a serious mistake in his tone which was very partisan, not very he tried to walk it back. When a judge says I am not a partisan, that’s like president saying I am not a crook. The fact that he’s saying the defeats the message that he’s trying to convey. I thought what Senator Murkowski said was very thoughtful and made a lot of sense to me. I was somebody like her that was prepared to support his nomination because I thought he was superbly qualified. I understand he got angry because he felt he was unjustifiably accused. It really made me realize, wait, this is not somebody we should have on the Supreme Court. That’s what Senator Murkowski was trying to get across but I have to say, it was a close call. He is well qualified and the charges were not proved beyond a reasonable doubt. And I think Susan Collins reached a different judgment. I love senator Murkowski’s tone. Very rational and it is something she clearly agonized over and that’s the right way to behave and unfortunately, not enough senators behaved that way."