and one of the important things to keep in mind about roe v. wade is that it has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years as you know. and most prominently, most importantly, reaffirmed in planned parenthood versus casey in 1992. and as you well recall, i know when that case came up the supreme court didn't just reaffirm it in passing, the court specifically went through all the factors of stare decisis in considering whether to overrule it. and then joint opinion of justice kennedy, justice o'connor and justice sutter at great length went through those factors. that was the question presented in the case. >> could i interrupt you since you mentioned stare decisis and i sat on nine of these hearings, and when the subject comes up, the person says i will follow stare decisis. and they get confirmed.