precedent for if the president is sued this time around? >> yeah. i would think so. and i think ultimately this issue is not going away, unfortunately. this is a long tail whether it's from the court case or spending fights to come. if the president does continue to go forward with it, expect democrats to try to defund it in the next spending bills and this fight is going to be with us for quite a while. >> very cheerful. jake, this obviously the president said he'll veto this. the reality is it's largely irrelevant and not decided in congress and putting republicans in the senate in a tough spot. >> it does. you could tell my mcconnell to read the tea leaves -- >> one of my favorite parlor games. >> that is to me mcconnell saying on this one we have to unfortunately let the chips fall where they may and people vote how they need to vote and i won't strong arm anybody. that's how i read that. i think senate republicans, the sense i got and the body