the confident space that he can still get through this. of course, there were plenty of republicans who raised concerns about kavanaugh, from people on sort of the breitbart, far right anti-immigration space, to folks who parsed some of the comments he made about abortion issues and assessed that he wasn't conservative enough on that question. without a doubt, kavanaugh had his detractors, speaking quite broadly, he generally speaking had it overwhelming support from republicans. or at least was endorsed as totally acceptable. >> i just spoke to senator lindsey graham who said the timing of this was very suspicious and you have to prove to me that he's not the guy he says he is. and sam stein, greg go, ahead. that's sort of the thing that sticks with me. that is really going to be, a contest of character. it's a character battle. >> and it's not just the guy he says he is. it's also the guy that many