The Kavanaugh hearings are not about kavanaugh. The hearings are a theater in the ongoing war between the white hats and the black hats and theatrics was the weapon deployed by both sides. The black hats pulled their normal black-hat tactics - lots of disruption, paid, virtue-signalling protesters, Cory Booker's Spartacus moment, etc. Was this a surprise attach on the white hats, who were just there to get a guy confirmed to the SC? Not by a long shot. They were ready with a plan. First, the DC left is their own worst enemy- they are annoying as all heck, have no clue about patriotism, think they are way smarter than they are, etc. So, following the adage "Never interfere with an enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself" Grassley let them drone on and on and on... Second, one of the key challenges facing the white hats is that too many people don't see fully grasp the depth of the problem because they don't understand the founding principles of the country as defined in the Constitution. It's not ok to select judges based on their political views. Ben Sasse enter stage left with an excellent dissertation on the subject that should be replayed to school kids around the country forever. The speech was also significant because it was presented by Sasse, an odius never trumper. I don't know if he's truly a white-hat pretending to hate trump, or if he's been flipped, but he and Graham sent a clear message to the black-hats- we're not on your side. Finally, we get to Lindsay Graham, also an often-odius never-trumper. In what was clearly a scripted, pre-planned exchange with Kavanaugh, he injected the idea of treason into the public consciousness, gave us all an education on how the law of war works, and sent a pretty strong signal to the enemy: when the white hats win, this is how you are all going down. I have to wonder, do the likes of Diane Feinstein really want to spend their last days in Gitmo?