are you satisfied? >> i'm quite happy with the answer, and i'm disappointed it took a month and a half and a root canal to get it, but we did get the answer, and that's what i have been asking all along. it really is what the senate should be about. >> just to be clear, you're announcing right here on cnn that you are going to let john brennan's nomination now go through? maybe they could even hold a vote today? >> yes, we'll hold it as soon as people want to now. >> the senate voted hours ago to confirm brennan. dana bash joins me now. it's interesting. today, there are senate democrats who are happy with senator paul and quite a few republican colleagues who aren't. >> absolutely. this absolutely does expose a divide in the republican party when it comes to the so-called war on terror. the divide does seem to be getting a bit deeper, and senator paul, the fact he was out there and he got support from some more, i would say, hawkish or mainstream republicans, did infuriate people like john mccain and lindsay graham who said, excuse me, why are we making this big deal questioning that we think