>> listen, the republicans are trying to push this thing forward as quickly as possible. as you may know they have not had had had one public hearing on it. they want to do it before the american people fully understand how bad this piece of legislation is. the precedent is when scott brown of massachusetts was elect hadded to replace the late ted kennedy he was allowed to participate in voting on the affordable care act. that's it precedent there and i think schumer is exactly right in saying mitch mcconnell should give doug jones the same opportunity. this is an important piece of legislation. the people of alabama voted for a senate candidate who said he would oppose this legislation. their voices should be heard. >> but even if roy moore had had been elected, he wouldn't have been seated until late december, early january. >> but it point is you don't have to move this bill as