out to people like senator mike lee on capitol hill who's another possible wild card pick. but really when you look at kavanaugh, coney barrett, those federal judges are the kind of people the white house believes could both excite the base because of their judicial positions but also be able to sail through relatively easy. but as i was reporting today, steve, senator rand paul of kentucky has expressed concerns to his associates privately and his advisers that kavanaugh may not win his support. he hasn't taken a public position. but because of kavanaugh's writings on the affordable care act, these kinds of issues are already coming up beyond just the issue with senator collins. >> senator mitch mcconnell, meanwhile, the republican leader in the senate, he is calling for a vote on trump's yet unnamed pick by this fall. last week politico reported the senate's number 2 republican, john cornyn, was calling for a vote after labor day. the article noted that "the supreme court nominees since the ford administration spent an average of 67 days between their nomination and final confirmation." and i think it was somewhere in