Yes, let’s vote empty chair again. How did that ‘3 a.m. call’ go in Benghazi?

According to the WaPo, ABC should have covered for her absence.

The potential — nay, the likelihood — of facilitating attacks is why ABC should have gone out of its way to fill time and cover for Clinton. She should have known the length of the commercial break, and she should have been back on time. That’s on her. And it’s understandable that ABC would want to keep things moving and enforce the agreed-upon time parameters.

But it’s just not worth the griping that is sure to follow. Clinton and her supporters will almost certainly blame ABC for whatever grief she gets, which unnecessarily puts the network in a defensive position after running an otherwise pretty smooth debate.

We saw ABC linger on George Stephanopoulos and the analysis team coming out of other breaks. It could have done the same when Clinton was a no-show.

But actually they did for a brief moment, focusing on moderators, as they tried to stall before they went to Bernie Sanders. This wasn’t the first time either, she was slow coming back in a prior debate too.