why is this the strategy they use? everyone knows these democrats are already on record they are saying they are not going to support him. why go this route? >> dana: if you are running for election in 2020 as a possible presidential candidate, then you want to make sure you're on record. they also did it because chuck schumer yesterday apparently held a conference call where they organized this sort of protest against grassley based on the process points. to be fair, what senator booker is saying is i have already decided i'm not going to vote for you but it's my duty to uncover everything i can so my constituents have full information. again, i agree with you, it's futile. if you're already going to vote against him. i thought at the beginning when they started that, that senator grassley could have said oh, senator hirono, you are open-minded on brett kavanaugh. that's great. what can we do to help you get to yes. she would have said there's nothing you can do.