>> well, i would agree. one other thing about the for the people act. that bill was written long before these clays were being made at the state legislative level. i know there are plenty of democrats who have reservations about it but they're happy to hide behind joe manchin on this one. i still think they should pivot to the john lewis voting rights act. i think that addresses the supreme court decision of a few years ago in shelby. that's what i would do. >> would it address what's happening around the country with these restrictive bills? no. >> no, because it's not retro retroactive, right? so the only way they can address -- the only lever they have to address what's happening in the states is to set a nationwide floor of voting rights. i think to represent dent's argument that it was too sweeping, i think we're going to get a test of that. senator merkley told me today that the democratic response to this is going to be to negotiate a slimmed down bill based on the compromise that manchin offered