1. 3 out of 10 breaks the logjam.

2. The principle that conservative judges have the right to serve NEEDED to be established again. That’s what the current political moment demanded, because that’s what the filibuster strategy by the Dems was intended to reject. You may not like it — I don’t — but that’s politics. I don’t like the idea that someone who didn’t pay a nanny’s Social Security taxes can’t get confirmed, but that’s politics too.

3. The 7 Dem signatories have agreed to filibuster only in extraordinary circumstances. If they agree to filibuster an obviously acceptable nominee to the Supreme Court — like, say, Janice Rogers Brown, whose confirmation they have pledged not to interfere with — then the deal will collapse. That’s also politics.

There’s almost no point in arguing this, because I’m offering a predictive analysis, and only time will tell if I’m right or not.