Remember too, all this came to a head, with the nomination of Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The filibuster for Supreme Court nominees was still in place at that time. But Chuck Schumer decided to filibuster that nomination, which led to a vote at that time to do the “nuclear option” on Supreme Court nominees not being subject to filibuster.
If Chuck had held off, Democrats could have tried to filibuster the Kavanaugh nomination, but, it was already jettisoned by then, due to Democrats own bad political manuvering on that issue.
Undoubtedly, the very best thing to come out of Harry Reid’s tenure. The smart @ss thought he had pulled a fast one on us.
Keep in mind that people like Lindsay Graham and Mccain and others, wanted to go back to a 2/3rds majority for approving judgeships.
Further proof Democrats cannot lead. They think a week ahead, never considering consequences of their actions.