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If it’s possible for a dead man to roll over in his grave, Lindsey Graham must be doing just that. In the last few years of life, he sold his soul, abandoned his principles, and betrayed his best friend, all for the sake of getting close to Donald Trump and swaying him to embrace Ukraine and punish Russia. Yet now, after a few months of resting in peace, assured that the bootlicking had been worth it, he sees the president emphatically embracing Russia and punishing Ukraine, so intently that he probably had his fingers crossed all along.

Back on Earth, among the living, Graham’s former Republican colleagues should learn the lesson while they can. It’s farcical to believe that cuddling up to this president will earn them favors down the line. Trump will push them under the bus on a whim, or—if they’ve already shuffled off this mortal coil, as Graham did in July at the age of 71—he’ll spit on their tombstones.

Not long after Graham died, a bipartisan majority of both houses passed a bill stiffening sanctions against Russia for its continued aggression and war........

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