one, but gave it up to go over in the health committee on the u.s. senate side. he sort of gave it up at the beginning of his statement, saying that he suspected that this would be the last time that elena kagan will be up you for confirmation hearings. sounds like he thinks she is going to be confirmed. we want to continue, of course, monitoring this for you, but we also have our dana bash up on capitol hill who has been watching and listening to every word. dana? >> i think orrin hatch, candy, might be a barometer of what we will see going forward with republicans. and here's why. orrin hatch has served on this committee since 1977 and he has voted on a dozen, twelve supreme court nominations and the only one he voted against, talking about nominees for republican and democratic candidateses, sonia sotomayor, and she was one he said good things about, just as elena kagan he applauded in terms of intellect and mind. i'm not saying that orrin hatch is for sure going to vote no,