wins tonight, that very tenuous margin in the senate becomes more tenuous. and that is something mitch mcconnell doesn't want, which is why he's sort of tolerated moore. he wants to keep that seat in republican hands. perhaps they expel moore. but then you have a republican governor appoint his replacement. the other alternative is to have doug jones, who is a democrat, and you have to live with that until 2020. but, yes, democrats have been trying to help doug jones but do it in such a way as not to draw attention to this -- >> right. >> as a national race. >> i would say they've been doing that long before the allegations came out. that was after the primary win. part of the argument that the republican establishment was making before the allegations. remember, mitch mcconnell stood in the rose garden with the president of the united states explaining why he thought it was a terrible thing moore was the nominee in this race because of the history of todd aiken and other republican nominees out of