houdini. if anyone can pull it off, it's mcconnell. good at blocking the obama administration, not letting a supreme court nominee go through. and what's he trying to do here? >> i think in mitch mcconnell, he knew that his best chance to do this was do it quickly before the fourth of july. guess what? he was right. everyone's gone home, hearing from constituents. people usual ly sharing republican votes saying we can't go for this. i think what senator mcconnell was saying there yesterday was, doing two things. one, preparing for a defeat. two, saying, if we don't do this, we're going to have to go back and work with the democrats. guess what? a lot of republicans are against that bill, who want that to happen. in the senate. there are republicans who say, we can make some easy fixes here. let's get this going. so, you know, i agree he has been houdini in the past. i have a piece coming out about that, but this is a different