long-attorney general view. if they do not filibuster this and if mitch mcconnell doesn't have to use the nuclear option to change the rules, i think they could set themselves up to be in a better position to influence president trump's next supreme court nominee if somebody retires than if they just changed the rules. in which case trump doesn't even have to consider how the next supreme court justice pick would pick or how to get them through the senate, but if it they decide to just go to the mat over this one, then he won't have to take democrats into account. >> that's such a good point. democrats give up their leverage for a next pick if they go to the mat on this one. >> the next one could matter immensely because this is, again, a younger scalia replacing a scalia. not a big shift in the idealogical balance of the court, but a lot of people also think -- a lot of conservatives say justice kennedy in private conversations says he wants to retire, and he thinks, oh, trump is doing well here. he is picking good guys. maybe he will go. that's the swing vote on the court. we'll see.