week in high school and threw up from drinking but to say, oh, about that sensitive stomach of mine to spicy foods, bull! >> he was shooting the moon. he was trying to get through this as unscathed as he should. to someone like brett kavanaugh who in his professional life has been so accomplished the notion that he would have to admit under oath that he possibly did drink too much or that he possibly behaved boorishly at time, you're right. there's a large segment of the population saying so what? he drank in high school. it's not that uncommon. some people do. some people do not. but if he was fibbing, it was so he could shoot the moon and try to avoid any further tarnishment of what he believed to be his integrity. so that's why people try to do that and a lot of times witnesses have just too much confidence in what is provable and what is not provable. and i think brett kavanaugh is learning that now. something that he should have