That means Collins and Murkowski will vote to confirm. Even if Jeff The Flake and Manchin vote “nay,” Kavanaugh would be confirmed because Vice President Pence would be the tiebreaking vote.
The first people I thought of when President Trump made fun of Ford during that campaign rally was those two - like they could use that as an excuse to vote against Kavanaugh.
I guess Collins and Murkowski don’t want to lose all their committee assignments.