in the senate dick derbin was talking about they think they need eight republican votes. and on the sunday shows john mccain, a republican, said he will vote yes. he will be one of the yes votes. how close do you think this is? do you think there are other gop members with enough conviction they will say no? >> it is hard to know what is in the mind of anyone especially those of us in the senate. i will say this, however, that it looks to me the majority of republicans in the senate are poised not to support it. i know there are some i have read in the paper that are looking to support it. some names we have seen surfacing are obvious and other ones are somewhat surprising that will be voting against it. the list on the republican side voting against it is a larger list. it is clear that there will be a very, very tight vote in the senate. there will probably be six or seven senators who will support it and they are coming out today. i think you will hear more tomorrow. that means they still need a couple more votes. this will be a very heavy and interesting week in the s