cotton? >> brian, what i would say is some of those proposals i could support if joe manchin and i and the rest of my colleagues were state legislatures in arkansas or west virginia. but there is really no basis for washington to be dictating this practice to the states. some states have longer early voting periods. some states have no early voting periods. some states have no excuse absentee, some states have excuse only. i think that's fine. it's actually a resilient part of our democracy that each state, really each county runs its own election systems. >> brian: right. >> so although i don't agree with joe manchin on this specific bill, i am pleased of that joe has once again reiterated to his more radical colleagues that he is going to respect the rules and the customs of the senate. if the democrats wanted to enact their agenda, rather than changing the senate rules, maybe they should change their agenda and focus on bills that are a little more popular. >> brian: so there is this