“Exactly. Flake is a no unless they do an investigation.”
No- he voted yes. The condition he asked for has no legal standing. Grassley said there was a gentleman’s agreement that he would advocate Flakes “condition”. I assume that means that he would do so to McConnell. But no one on the committee has any power to force the “condition”. As long as McConnell says no then everything proceeds as normal.
That is my understanding.
What matters is whether Mac has 50 votes without Flake.
Then Flake votes “no” on Kavanaugh.
He voted yes for moving out of committee. That doesn't bind him to vote yes for confirmation on the floor. All he has essentially done is say, "I am not going to vote yes on the floor for confirmation unless the vote is postponed for a week." If Mitch doesn't need his vote, it changes nothing. Unfortunately, I doubt The Sistas are going to vote yes on the floor either until the week has passed.