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Had a hearing on this morning. it puts a chill on everything that requires bipartisan. >> you're not reaping out to democrats that you worked with -- >> i talked to them for the last two weeks i talked to them. i spent an hour in harry reid's office. come on, i've reached until my arm aches. okay? >> well, is this the end of what was left of bipartisanship in the senate on capitol hill? dana bash has been covering this, of course, and the breaking news, nuclear option invoked on the floor of the senate. dana, what does this mean? >> reporter: we're going to see. we'll see how it goes. in the s...

>> i reached out to them for the last two weeks, i've reached out to them. i spent an hour in harry reid's office. i've reached until my arm aches. >> let's bring in our panel. margaret carlson, michael warren and michael len. let's get a quick reaction about today's news. bad decision by harry reid, understandable? what do you think? >> harry reid's thinking was that whatever republicans are going to do now cannot be worse than what they have been doing. e republican view is one thing is a certainty. everyone here will agree republicans one day will be in the majority. in the meantime, they a...

Else? and will republicans then decide, okay, as long as we got the filibuster on everything else, we will filibuster everything else because we believe this was a raw power grab as lamar alexander put it. lamar alexander said, you know, that this is now a senate without rules. >> let me play that quick clip from john mccain. >> okay. >> underline how angry he is right now about this. >> i know it puts a chill on the entire united states senate. it puts a chill on things like the dis abilities treaty, which we had a hearing on this morning. it puts a chill on everything that requires bipartisa...

There you have senator john mccain, several times in the past had averted this nuclear option, negotiating there with the senate majority leader, reid. in this case it looks as though a deal didn't happen. dana bash is of course still covering this on capitol hill. we'll get to jeffrey toobin in a moment. let's listen to john mccain here. >> the last two weeks i've reached out to them. i spent an hour in harry reid's office. i reached until my arm aches okay. >> reporter: they are saying. >> they're governed by the newer members of the democratic senators who have never been in a minority who ...

Direction. you're new to this position, but many say this will have a chilling effect. case in point, veteran senator john mccain had this to say. take a listen. >> i reached out to them for the past two weeks, i reached out to them. i spent an hour in harry reid's office. i reached until my arm aches. okay? >> and they're saying -- >> they're governed by these hard over newer members of the democratic senators who have never been in a minority, who are primarily driving this issue. and they succeeded, and they will pay a very, very heavy price for it. >> senator, you are one of those newer me...