women were -- i mean, that capitol was full of people, full of people. it wasn't just that elevator. and the power of women's voices broke the power of donald trump to control this process, and i think that power is only going to grow. >> senator, do you agree with van's kind of assessment that it's the power of women on this? >> i don't think any question that dr. ford gave very compelling testimony, that, you know, raised a lot of concerns in people. obviously senator collins, senator murkowski, but i think others. i actually think this has actually worked out very well for republicans. i know that people say, oh, mcconnell is upset and -- i can tell you, as someone who sat in that caucus and was a solid -- would have been a solid vote for judge kavanaugh, i actually feel pretty good that we're doing this investigation because i think it just serves judge kavanaugh better. i mean, to have this cloud of looking like his nomination got pushed through by a bunch of folks who at least it's been alleged don't want to hear the truth, i don't think that's true. i think the committee did actually have very good