Barrett was Trump's first pick but his advisors talked him into someone more "confirm-able".
I have to admit if Kavanaugh IS finally confirmed at some point, I doubt he will be so congenial to the perverted opposition ( and their opinions) that tried to destroy him as he might have been before this circus.
If he loses, and there is a red wave, we get Coney Barrett, and there's not a thing they can do about it ( well maybe a cινιℓ ωαr and martial law)