WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is wielding the gavel in the performance of his political life.Once a biting critic of President Donald Trump, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman on Monday opens confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett in a bid to seal a 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
Hanging in the balance could be the future of government health care during a coronavirus pandemic that’s claimed more than 214,000 American lives.
And Graham's own career appears in jeopardy like never before.For Graham, the Republican Senate majority and Trump himself, the hearings three weeks before Election Day could be a last stand.