He will no longer be “comin’ back to me.”

Balin was the alternate vocalist for the Airplane, the one who was not Grace Slick.

He sang the lead on some of their best songs, usually the sad, tender ballads. He then sang lead on the biggest hits of Jefferson Starship, “Miracles” and “With Your Love.”

I wore this album out, back in the day:

Kavanaugh passed through the committee by an 11-10 partisan vote, although Republican Jeff Flake expressed reservations about his “yes” vote.

Frankly, Flake’s vote and the entire committee vote was meaningless, since McConnell was going to take up the vote in the Senate even if the committee had voted against Kavanaugh.

But …

“Flake said at the last minute that he could not promise to vote for Kavanaugh on the Senate floor and called for a delay of up to a week for a further investigation of sexual assault accusations.”