and the abe forit is a nomination to be chief justice, that fell apart. >> forit is a lost, the vote was on cloture on forcing members to stop talking and to decide whether to confirm forit is a or not. they ended the filibuster and the clerk announced the result 45-43. that was two-thirds of the senate present. they decided the senate would go to overbusiness. >> that was october 1968. so long ago we didn't have c-span, we had senate sketch artists like it was a cameras banned from the courtroom situation. it was the last time a supreme