level though that's where most of the action is and reproductive advocates will say that's where the real fight is being waged but at the same time, when it comes to setting the national arc of this and really trying to define republicans as anti abortion, that's something democrats are going to be able to do because of it's a presidential year and because the issue is so hot. >> christina, will this work for democrats? >> it absolutely will, richard. we've seen when abortion is essentially on the ballot, people come out to vote. i think about the work of the executive director of emily's list which supports pro-choice democratic women. we've seen time and time again, when women talk about abortion, they win elections because this is an issue that doesn't just affect women. it affects men and entire families. the republican party can't say they're the party of quote unquote life when they're willing to put a woman's life in danger because of this arbitrary