Republicans should stop ragging on the New York Times for a bit. If Brett Kavanaugh gets confirmed to the Supreme Court, the GOP will owe it, in part, to that Grey Lady.

Hoping that good journalism will drive out bad, the right will rely on the New York Times reporting to dispute the New Yorker story about allegations that paint Kavanaugh as a sexual deviant. And it is a strong argument if anyone will pay attention to the reported facts.

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