and when she is on the supreme court. secondly that illustrates what happened in a big way today. which is republicans talked about social issues much more than they did yesterday. not just abortion but same-sex marriage and a whole host of issues, trying to pin her down as an activist on those issues. she got around it by saying i'm going to be the impartial observer and decider. >> i feel like i didn't learn very much from these hearings. you always say that after a supreme court confirmation hearing, but for some reason, this one was, you know, a set of talking points almost going back and forth. >> if you're a lawyer, you're supposed to be smarter than that. >> i just didn't see how kagan really gave much of anything. she was very agile, you know. she found a way to answer questions without answering them, which is what all the nominees do. but i didn't learn much. that's a tragedy of these hearings. >> it's interesting, because jeff sessions, ranking republican, started today by saying, i don't know if you're