Not Borked

THE NEW YORKER has an interesting bit on the people who helped the gays on their road to equal treatment.  The most credit is given to Joe Biden, for the following somewhat obscure reason. You might remember that Robert Bork, brain-fried wingnut, was once nominated to the Supreme Court.  To put this in perspective, Bork is nuttier than Ant-nee Scalia. Imagine a court that has both Scalia and Bork--and then try to sleep. Can't be done. Anyway, Biden led the movement that blocked Bork, and the Republicans then decided to go with someone not entirely crazy: Anthony Kennedy, swing vote who swung the right way.