>> let me ask you this: when this started i felt like the folks i talked to on the hill. on the background chats, thought that this would go through. they didn't think the democrats would get enough votes to fill buster. trace for me the trajectory here among you and your colleagues in terms of how you guys at this point. >> i certainly waited until after the hearings. part of the whole process of the hearings, four days of it, was first to try to find out what his judicial philosophy was, of course, that makes the difference. judicial philosophy -- that's because our justice has come with life experiences and various perspectives. he would not give us an inkling as to how he would view laws. he just kept saying, he would follow precedent. he's going to the one court that sets precedent. it was not reassuring at all a. we looked at his record and his decisions. hobby lobby, where all of a sudden, very expanded rights for