well, i'm sure kavanaugh people, i'm sure george mitchell -- mcconnell, wasn't thrilled with that. and maybe the president, who thinks he can gather his base on this, wouldn't mind a slowdown because he said yesterday, women are angry. remember that? and his base is with him on this. so maybe a slowdown in fact would help him. >> but mitch mcconnell thinks they'll keep the senate in 40 days but he's not certain. he's not certain. he knows if he's going to get a judge confirmed, we keep forgetting the consequence of the seat, for anthony kennedy's seat, a more conservative to be put in the seat of who was the swing justice, then brett kavanaugh is his only guarantee. there's no guarantee, can you get a nominee through in the lame duck? i don't know and mitch mcconnell is not sure. he is not a man who likes to think, he likes to know. he knows if he can pull it off in the next 72 hours, he can get