>> tired of the filibusters that permits things to be filibustered, you know, 60 votes are required even to get something to the floor to be debated. >> they don't even have to -- >> the thing about the filibuster is you don't have to go and actually filibuster. i mean, that's the issue. it's not mr. smith goes to washington where you are reading the phone book, and it's really an endurance challenge. it's the threat of the filibuster, and the other thing is steve made me think of olympia snow. i mean, this is someone who would have been re-elected with 75% of the vote. and decided she didn't want to be there. >> policy expertise, which is very deep. when president obama was in hawaii and he was flying back the other night, he brought back with him the newly appointed successor to dan inoye on air for one back with him. barack obama walked back in the back of the plane and basically told the new senator spend two hours with jeff binghamton and learn what you can because we