Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he may not allow the Senate to vote on a Supreme Court nominee a full 18 months before the 2024 election if he is the majority leader and a high court vacancy occurs.

McConnell, appearing on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show Monday, hedged when Hewitt suggested that a Republican majority might be willing to bring up a Democratic high court nominee in mid-2023 if President Joe Biden selects “a normal, mainstream liberal.”