Commentary Mitch McConnell is not always the most popular guy among conservatives or Republicans in general. Just today he’s taking incoming for caving on the short-term debt ceiling. But we can certainly score one solid A+ for him during his tenure. Back when he was majority leader, near the end of the Obama administration, he led the way in keeping Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court. That was when Garland was being ballyhooed by every flack with a functioning laptop as a moderate. A fair number of Republicans even believed it. Nowadays, of course, the adjective “moderate,” when applied to a Democrat, may conjure up a Joe Manchin or a Kyrsten Sinema, but just as likely conjures up someone to the left of Trotsky or near. It’s moderation as masquerade. Merrick Garland, in his role as attorney general, has shown himself to fit well in the latter category. Our current …