I think of Dr Ford's sacrifice for the country like the ending of The Dead Zone

She exposed those GOP senators as the black hearted villains they are by making them act. Surely, we thought, even they don't have the insolence to confirm an almost certain rapist, an obvious liar, and a black out drunk to the SC. But that is exactly what she forced them to do, in front of the whole world.

Hold that baby up as a human shield, and expose your black soul to everyone.