He got caught up in the Mitch McConnell/Harry Reid tug of war over appellate judge appointments.
McConnell took a big risk, because if Hills won she was appointing someone way more liberal. She wasn’t going to appoint Garland either.
My take on it was the Court lost a good judge due to a political dust up, but that Reid would have done the same thing to the R’s. Doesn’t make it right, but it’s the way it goes in the swamp.
But no one has attacked Judge Garland’s name or reputation at the last minute to keep him off the court. And yeah if that happened, I would also be pissed at it.