but the big problem here is not that he waited too long. it's that he doesn't have a vote. he's not a senator. the senate has to vote to change its own rules here. they can do it but they have no margin for error, so every senate democrat has to vote to change some rules, and joe manchin, while he is against doing so, is not the only one. kyrsten sinema has said she does not support doing this. and from all of our reporting, there's a handful of other democrats who are reluctant to do this but don't want to be publicly identified as reluctant because they fear that they'll have pushback from their base. is so, you know, biden's role, if he's committed to this, is doing essentially what you just saw, going out, making the public case, and then privately putting pressure on senators to adjust their views accordingly. time is of the essence. they don't have much to work with in terms of political runway so if this is going to happen, you have to see a concerted effort take place really early in the new year. >> it's interesting to me that