Some things in life are certain, some things are possible, some things come as a complete surprise. It is certain, for instance, that Donald Trump and the senate Republicans (big R Republican here) will fill Ruth Ginsburg’s seat on SCOTUS.

They’ll do that despite some of them having said they wouldn’t ever, and they’ll do it for a variety of reasons personal, ideological, political and self-dealing. But it will be done. The honest, and best, explanation I heard one of them give is that if the Democrats (again, big D here) were in power, they’d do the same. I agree. That’s sad, but it’s reality.