process. >> at least he was saying what a lot of republicans weren't saying. that, yeah, you've got to vet this, you've got to go through it. they have to be heard. at least he was offering that, because this testimony we're going to see on monday, michael, was not a given. you know, as you know, cornyn and others were saying, he didn't want to reward the democrats for what they are calling like a hail mary pass. what do you make of that suggestion, that the democrats held this until the last moment? >> well, i don't know all the circumstances surrounding how long they held it. it seems to be that they held it for a couple of months, which raises in my mind questions as to why it was held for so long. i think it should have been aired a lot earlier, frankly. i think it's a heck of a risk to hold on to something this explosive until the 11th hour. but again, chris, i'm going to go back to what i said. there's no need to go forward this nomination at this stage in light of this accusation, in light of the passage of the lie detector test. why go through this hearing on