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Challengers about senate republicans. you saw mitch mcconnell go out and defend himself and defend senate republicans saying that, you know, the people that steve bannon wants to prop up and the people that some of these more fringe groups want to put on the ballot, these folks can't get elected. so mcconnell made this case that we saw sharon angle-type candidates before, they were too far right wing to get elected. so he was trying to make the case that the candidates they have now are the best candidates moving forward. roy moore as you saw a couple weeks ago, totally up ended their plan on ...

>> look, the goal here is to win elections in november. back in 2010 and 2012, we nominated several candidates, christine o'donnell, sharon angle, they're not in the senate. the reason for that is they were not able to appeal to a broader electorate in the general election. my goal as the leader of the republican party in the senate is to keep us in the majority. the way you do that is not complicated. you have to nominate people who can actually win, because winners make policy and losers go home. we changed the business model in 2014. we nominated people who could win everywhere. we took the...

Angle, todd akin. richard murdock. they are not in this tenet. the reason for that was they were not able to appeal to a broader electorate in the general election. you have to nominate people who can actually win because winners make policy and losers go home. >> bret: speaking of policy, we have a budget likely being voted on this week. that sets the table for tax reform. maybe this year, maybe not. stephen hayes, editor-in-chief of "the weekly standard." mara liasson, national public radio. and syndicated radio host buck sexton, former cia analyst. interesting to see the dynamic between pre...

They consider that that might actually lead to democratic wins in the house and the senate? >> i don't think they really care. for them it's all about -- >> can we stop you for a second, ken? here's the part. why would they not care? why would it not be at least important to them to prevent the democrats from taking over a senate seat or house seat? >> because they're toward the establishment writ large and they are conservatives so they're sort of most directly able to take on the republican establishment but if their efforts to blow up the republican establishment ultimately hurt republicans...

They consider that that might actually lead to democratic wins in the house and the senate? >> i don't think they really care. for them it's all about -- >> can we stop you for a second, ken? here's the part. why would they not care? why would it not be at least important to them to prevent the democrats from taking over a senate seat or house seat? >> because they're toward the establishment writ large and they are conservatives so they're sort of most directly able to take on the republican establishment but if their efforts to blow up the republican establishment ultimately hurt republicans...