Washington (CNN) Judge Brett Kavanaugh delivered the angriest partisan message heard from a Supreme Court nominee in modern times. Referring to sexual assault claims made against him by Christine Blasey Ford, he asserted his innocence and then attacked Democrats. The judge who previously served as a top aide to President George W. Bush and worked for independent counsel Ken Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton tossed aside his earlier judicious language of neutrality. His declaration was the product of his personal anger, to be sure, and the move of a nominee whose professional and personal fate was on the line. But the result -- of his rhetoric and the overall tenor of the nomination -- means he could forever be marked as a politician on the bench rather than a neutral jurist.

Source: CNN September 28, 2018 09:56 UTC