this defense authorization bill has been worked on by the senate since february 23rd. that's when the senate started working on this, on the committee that collins serves on. there have been 11 full committee hearings on the bill, 22 subcommittee hearings on the bill, two full days of markup where they actually write the bill, thousands and thousands of hours by staff and senators put in this. and now at the 11th hour she says, it's just not enough. it's really, it's got to -- now, harry reid i think being very gracious, he has 58 senators, the republicans only have 42, but he's going to let them have two-thirds of the amendments. ten amendments for their side, only five amendments for reid's side. and what collins is trying to do, apparently is drag this out so that forcing an instant vote on this tax package, which isn't even in legislative language yet, puts more on the deficit without a second thought. you've got to sort of question what the heck is going on. >> nancy, how do you see what senator collins is doing? >> well, first of all, just to