it's going to happen. on the other side his advisers were saying, you are against same-sex marriage as are 70% of the american public. this bill will affect nobody. you're six weeks out of an election. we'll deal with it later if it comes to pass. >> can i just add, too? remember, when it was introduced in the senate there were only two co-sponsors, and bob dole was one of them. >> right. >> i don't think any of us -- i voted against it, as did jerry. >> profiles in courage, right here. i'm serious. it was very difficult to do, no matter where you were from. >> but it was like a brush fire. i mean, you know how slow congress is now? you can't get anything through. you can't name a post office, for crying out loud. this thing went at a thousand miles an hour because -- it must have been karl rove or somebody came up with this, saying if we do this, we can -- >> how does it affect his legacy? >> i mean, it's certainly a blemish on his legacy. he was on the wrong side of