Then either you or I have seen or heard someone misquote Graham, or he is talking out of both sides of his mouth. I definitely read somewhere in the last couple of days that he said he would not vote for the option no matter how the people of SC felt about it.
I have read and seen so much about the situation this week that I can't possibly recall where and when I saw or heard it, but I know I did.
You misunderstood what you heard or read then, I can assure you.
And btw, I haven't read this whole thread---in fact very little of it, but it was reported on Fox yesterday (two reliable freepers described it, I did not see it) that DeWine and Graham had worked on the agreement at the request of the WH to insure the CO stayed on the table.
I watched the press conference when the agreement was announced and now not-coincidentally I noticed and posted at the time that both were very emphatic that they had been prepared to vote for the option the next day and would again if the occasion arose.
Evidently it was very shaky if the votes were there to vote on it on Tuesday so this agreement was able to be used as a backup.
But it cannot be said enough that Graham never ever said he would agree that the circumstances existed where a filibuster of judicial nominees would be justified. He said they'd have to be a crook or crazy---and that is obviously not going to be the case with this president's picks.
The confusion arose, I believe from his asserting some nominees wouldn't come out of committee and/or if they did they would fail on the up or down vote and he said there is one person he would vote "no" on.
And yes, he said from the start the people of his state would be upset but he was willing to take it.