it would be the most comfortable situation for a woman to be surrounded by ten men and questioned about her personal life so we are being mindful of that and bringing in a like-minded -- you could spin this in a positive way or calling her an assistant. i mean, what is that? that's just -- you don't need to have unforced errors like that at this point. ramming the vote through on friday morning, not even 24 hours after the testimony, it shows you don't even care what she has to say. can they even pretend to care about women? can they even take this and use it as, quite frankly, an avenue to show that they care about women, that women should be heard and that women should be respected. why can't they help themselves? what am i missing? >> the optics will terrible and will continue to be terrible. i don't think this is lost on mitch mcconnell. let me offer an alternative thinking. he has viewed what's going on and what i believe he needs --