>> go ahead. >> it is worth remembering that they have gotten through a lot of judges. because mitch mcconnell stopped president obama from having any judges confirmed in his last year, starting of course with managic garland on the supreme court. so there is a wide open field. and the republicans have nominated a lot of very highly qualified and very conservative judges on gay rights, on voting rights, on a firm tiffirmative on church. they are moving them to the right and many are highly qualified and also very conservative. >> has the white house said anything about this embarrassing q&a that this nominee had with senator kennedy? >> yeah, they had, they put out a statement something about the president's opponents getting in the way. really, kennedy is someone who endorsed president and campaigned on his behave. almost laughable.