Sen. Jeff Flake

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a guy who sometimes tries to not be like his Republican colleagues, is at it again—saying maybe the whole blockade of a Supreme Court judge when Donald Trump probably is going to lose the election is not such a good idea.

But Flake, a Republican who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is open to holding a vote for [Merrick] Garland if it starts to get close to November and Donald Trump still looks as if he won't win the presidency. "Obviously if we lose the election and lose the White House, then we ought to move quickly to confirm [Garland]," Flake told Business Insider. "And I think if it becomes apparent that we aren't going to win the White House — if we know in October that it's not good — then we've got to move forward at that point." "But I don't think my view is shared by too many of my colleagues," he continued. "Or enough of my colleagues to do it."

Note that Flake isn't raising any particular concern about Donald Trump nominating Supreme Court justices. His problem with Trump is that he'll probably lose. Flake won't endorse Trump, and has been critical of him, but it looks like he's okay with him shaping the Supreme Court. And this is the most reasonable Republican in the Senate these days, one of the few who met with President Obama's nominee.

By the way, it's a pipe dream to think that they could actually come back in October, when 34 senators are running for re-election—24 of them Republicans—and have the individual meetings, hold the hearings, and schedule a floor vote for Merrick Garland.

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