But before long, Christine Blasey Ford knew better. Politically, the stakes were enormous: the kid in question was Brett Kavanaugh, tapped as President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Within months, Blasey Ford faced an unbearable Sophie’s choice: be dragged out of obscurity or march into the line of fire, head up and eyes open. Inside the Senate, only six of the 51 Republicans are women — none of them on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Add to that the heated political atmosphere of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing and it’s remarkable that Blasey Ford has come forward at all — although it’s clear that circumstances have forced her hand.

Source: National Post September 23, 2018 16:52 UTC