democrats or women, pushing more democrats into office in the fall. what do you think about that. that s a concern. i understand that concern and that s why it s challenging to formulate those questions and do it in a careful, thoughtful way. no question that that s a deficit challenge, but at the same time, remember, the democrats have four women on the committee as well. so there are women on the committee as well and clearly, you know, the democrat members are going to have every opportunity to offer their questions as well. neil: do you think that republicans, given the weight and the power of this committee, should err on the side of trying to find as many females to put on it as possible? well, again, you know, look. we want to always have people on there based on their qualifications and their merits and obviously people have to get elected to the senate, but of course you want a mix, but it always comes back to people getting elected to office and being there on a meritorio