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First, Brett Kavanaugh: Senate Republicans are clearly operating in bad faith, as a Times editorial explains. They show little sign of wanting to get at the truth of what did or didn’t happen between Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. The Republicans are not calling for the F.B.I. to investigate and are not willing to call other relevant witnesses.

But something else has become clear, as well . The only way the country will get any closer to the truth is if Blasey decides that she is willing to testify even under the Republicans’ conditions — which is, of course, her call — and that Senate Democrats also accept those conditions.

“It’s growing increasingly clear that if Christine Blasey Ford doesn't testify, Kavanaugh is going to be confirmed with Republicans falling in line — barring any new developments over the next week,” as CNN’s Manu Raju put it.