the confirmation. i think that's really important. >> dana: david, to you, the issue is that the conservatives have learned long ago that they could lose someone in a nomination battle. such as robert borg. >> obviously, the bork situation, if you look back at clarence thomas 'situation. if you look just two weeks ago at committee hearings. tv is not good for the centage, ntp is not good for hearings. while things, senator grassley has said, should move forward and they should be interviewed by the fbi and under oath, both to testify before the committee. not on camera, in my opinion. what you need to do, as senator grassley said, he is confused about why the lawyer for this person, who didn't have to release the person's name, didn't come to him and the committee and try and contact him. or, senator feinstein didn't. they never had to release the name to do that. yet, they didn't come forward. that is a confusing thing for