They cited the ABA endorsement as a big deal earlier...
“For 12 years, everyone who has appeared before me on the D.C. Circuit has praised my judicial temperament,” Kavanaugh said Thursday during his combative testimony. “That’s why I have the unanimous well-qualified rating from the American Bar Association.”
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina also mentioned the ABA’s assessment during an impassioned defense of Kavanaugh on Thursday.
“If you lived a good life people will recognize it like the American Bar Association has -- the gold standard,” he said. “His integrity is absolutely unquestioned.”