This isn't Tillis being brave because he's not up for re-election. This is him trying to clean up his reputation so people forget everything else that he's done.
Tillis: "I have a positive disposition to Mr Blanche. I have not made a final decision. But he said yesterday he would meet with the Epstein victims today ... I expect that meeting to occur before I'm willing to vote. I'm trying to get to yes, but this is a very important part of getting to yes."