mcconnell's team is reliving over and over again. thanks to a secret recording that's now public. on that day mcconnell held a very pub lib event. the grand opening of his louisville campaign headquarters. relatively unremarkable. in private his top advisers would get a lot more candid about some folks who could stand in the way of mcconnell's return to washington. most notably, actress ashley judd who was toying at that time with the idea of challenging mcconnell. it was a challenge mcconnell and his campaign took very seriously. and on that february 2nd, he and his political inner circle had a private meeting where in blunt language they outline for mcconnell's benefit how they could attack a judd candidacy. what they didn't know was that it would all be caught on tape. >> the first person we'll focus on, ashley judd. basically i would refer to her as sort of the oppo research situation where there's a haystack of needles. just because truly, there's such a wealth of material. >> mother jones magazine