continue to negotiate with the white house. on the voting rights package that s a different question. i said what do you say to folks in texas passing these voting rights restrictions? he said basically, keep working. we ll work up here in a bipartisan way. i keep going back to this but there s a freelance element to being the last democrat standing in a very red state. manchin will trust his gut here. and you know, it s called politics and doesn t georgia but that s the way he sees it but it could make him a lonely person on capitol hill if we get to that point and we talk about the filibuster. there s another joe in washington that doesn t want to get rid of the filibuster and that s the president of the united states joe biden and as long as he stays on the side of the argument it provides coverage for joe manchin to stay