>> lawrence, let me present it this way. there's been a social contract that the majority does not run over the top of the minority. it's very different from the house. that's from the very beginning, 26 senators said we could listen to each other and hear everyone out before we took a vote. that was so successful that in 1805, they got rid of the motion to close debate or call to question, because it was never needed because of this courtesy of listening to each other. so when my colleagues talk about the importance of bipartisanship and their goal in support of sustaining the filibuster, what they're referring to is this social contract that you don't run over the top of the minority. they have a full chance to participate. they should have a chance to do amendments. they should be able to delay to seek compromise. but there's another half of the social contract, which is ultimately the minority cannot paralyze the senate, cannot turn it into a deep freeze, and that