It is a commonly made point, to be sure, but no less valid because of it.
Truthfully, jimmyz, the older I get, the less forgiving I am of these weaknesses. I have spent a considerable amount of time volunteering over the past few years, and have been presented with multiple opportunities to break the moral code I claim as my own. But to my surprise, there was no difficult decision to be made, no great dillema. The decision to abandon your own values is significantly more difficult than choosing to follow them. Those who are so tempted have no place leading our society. That is just as true for Clinton as it is Kavanaugh.
In fact, if Kavanaugh had been truthful and honest in his testimony, I woud be able to at least rationalize this. I found Ford to be credible, but the evidence was by no means definitive. But the type of man who can't even admit what a "devil's triangle" is simply a sad, broken shell of a man. A man who has decided his word is worth less than his job. Which, in ancient and modern society, is something to be ashamed of.