almost the fake -- is this at least the foreshadowing of which democrats might actually be on board with harry reid, with their leader in his potential use of a nuclear option or is this completely apples and oranges for the nuclear option? >> that's actually a great question. it probably won't be a foreshadowing, the vote count at the end of this vote, foreshadowing. most democrats, whether they want to change the senate rules or not want to get this particular judge on the bench. it might not be that much of a foreshadowing. you elude to something important, ashleigh, another reason why harry reid, the democratic leader hasn't made this move until now is because he didn't necessarily have the votes because there were a number of veteran senators in his own caucus -- dianne feinstein of california, pat rake leahy of vermont, who are pretty powerful and insistent -- they were, at least, that they not change the rules because of