republicans want him on the court for life. and that's the starting point that we get, whether that is eroded or whether there is push-back on this of the substance of professor ford's claims, we'll find out later this week. >> any facade this is not political is certainly a false facade because you do have both sides looking to have their different outcomes from this, scott. i want to talk a bit about that as well. all this playing out in advance of the midterm elections, it is mored a vantages you -- advantageous for brett kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice at all costs, or should they focus more on the long view here to make sure they don't alienate moderate women voters come november and, scott, come 2020? >> well, i'm going to talk about what should happen first. when folks get married, they're supposed to be married for life.