Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing will make him more conservative
Kavannaugh was not conservative. He was a big government liberal from the George Bush era, the type who apologize for appearing conservative. He was not an ideologue. He was practical and formalist, someone who would interpret the constitution in a literal almost autistic way where the letter of the law and all the limitations of language come before the spirit and intent of it. He is fully aware so might be considered petty in his temperament.
What happens when the Democrats conspire to take him down over made up stories about his childhood from women in his social circle? He had probably never come into conflict with this group before. He was a privlidge part of the system.The veil has been lifted and the experience helps him see what we see about the way the system really is. He may not be quite as much in favor of it anymore.