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Hypocrite cal to the statement today, but white house officials say it's different now, that this ballooning opposition to the president's appointments, unprecedented opposition really tips the scale in favor of the nuclear option, and that's what's different. you just heard dana talk about the double-edged sword here, if democrats are in the minority what this will mean for them. it's interesting. i asked josh earnest, white house spokesman if this is considered by president obama to be a temporary fix or permanent solution, and he couldn't say. >> all right. brianna keilar at the white house...

Floor and spoke out against the nuclear option. here's how he explained why the minority party should have the option of this tool of the filibuster. >> if the right of free and open debate is taken away from the minority party and the millions of americans who ask us to be their voice, i fear that the already partisan atmosphere in washington will be poisoned to the point where no one will be able to agree on anything. that doesn't serve anyone's best interest and it certainly isn't what the patriots who founded this democracy had in mind. we owe the people who sent us here more than that. we...