I wouldn't count on Flake for anything.
Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient
The nominee’s full record should be examined, including his many misleading and false statements to the Senate.
be: at the center of attention, moralizing on every TV screen and positioning himself as the essential man in the Senate from which he will soon retire. The fear is that, as usual, the Republican senator from Arizona is pulling his punches, creating more confusion than certainty and, if past is prologue, preparing for an act of compromise rather than conscience.
For now, however, Flake has opened an avenue for renewing the system of checks and balances that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley have abandoned. We should utilize it. But we should not accept attempts by Flake or anyone else to limit how far we can take it.
On Friday afternoon, moments before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to support the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Flake announced to his fellow members of the committee that he wasn’t so sure about what it was about to do. No, the Republican who frequently criticizes Donald Trump but rarely breaks with the president did not say he was going to join Democrats in voting to block Trump’s scandal-plagued nominee to the Supreme Court. In fact, Flake had already revealed that he would vote for Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
https://www.thenation.com/article/n...-of-brett-kavanaugh-is-entirely-insufficient/