to a nonvote. in fact, a lot of senators used to do this a lot of the time in the past. it s a very common thing. you never took the closure vote to mean the guarantee on what the next vote would be. it was simply senators saying, well, of course, this should go to a final vote. and so that s also a possibility here. and it does feel like every day this story takes another twist, this nomination takes another twist. there is a new either external or intrinsic nafactor that we weren t factoring in, and so this is real news time. and you re right, mitch mcconnell is really worried about a welding in montana this weekend. once again tonight brett kavanaugh has broken sharply with the tradition of supreme court nominees and has decided to make another public statement outside the judiciary committee hearing room, which is usually the only place we ever hear from a supreme court nominee.