this ain't working. you can't get petting the snake. you'll get bit. >> actually, i am a great fisherman. one of the fisherman's rules, you know about this, because you putter around out there in long island sound -- >> in the ocean. you're in a stream with big pants on. go ahead. >> anyway, one of the rules of fisherman, the more lines in the water, you get more fish in the boat. biden is not only pursuing what i think is ultimately going to be a fruitless attempt to get 60 votes, but by doing that, i think he'll get 50. simultaneous, at the same time he was pursuing conversations with a stand-in for mitch mcconnell. not in good faith on the republicans part. but now there's another