increasing sense here on capitol hill that we have reached a point where a decision needs to be made. there needs to be a vote, people need to say yes or no and we need to move on to the next phase of whatever this is going to be. i will say that with the caveat that it's possible that the fbi will find something that flake, collins and murkowski will read and make them decide, okay, actually we can't move forward on this. so i want to leave that possibility out here. i do think the longer this drags on, the more pressure there is on democrats from red states because the more this becomes a wedge litmus test issue for the republican base, the bigger problem it could be. here was senator joe manchin running in west virginia, the most pro-trump state in the country earlier today. >> if it turns out kavanaugh lied -- >> that finishes everything. >> does it? >> if they can corroborate there's lying, i think everyone has said that, democrats, republicans, even the president, so i don't think that's a question. >> it's not a question whether he drank as a youngster, it's a