breyer up there to talk about the role of judges under the constitution and it turned out to be a lovefest, frankly. there weren't fireworks. gwen: but it's unusual for justices to testify. >> the scene of the crime is the senate judiciary committee when they're trying to get through the process and only a handful of times have justices returned to testify on something so we thought it would be a terrific moment. gwen: they're comparing who got the most votes out of the senate and i think it was scalia. we'll talk more of this. the conversation has to end here for now but we'll keep gabbing on the web. you can find our "washington week" webcast extra online at 11:00 p.m. eastern tonight and you can go into our vault and view our program from 10 years ago this week when president bush launched the war in afghanistan. find it all at pbs.org. keep up with daily developments on the "pbs newshauer" and we'll do our best to make sense of it all next week on "washington week." download our weekly podcast and take us with you. it's the "washington week" podcast at pbs.org. >> funding for "washingt

breyer up there to talk about the role of judges under the constitution and it turned out to be a lovefest, frankly. there weren't fireworks. gwen: but it's unusual for justices to testify. >> the scene of the crime is the senate judiciary committee when they're trying to get through the process and only a handful of times have justices returned to testify on something so we thought it would be a terrific moment. gwen: they're comparing who got the most votes out of the senate and i think it was scalia. we'll talk more of this. the conversation has to end here for now but we'll keep gabbing on the web. you can find our "washington week" webcast extra online at 11:00 p.m. eastern tonight and you can go into our vault and view our program from 10 years ago this week when president bush launched the war in afghanistan. find it all at pbs.org. keep up with daily developments on the "pbs newshauer" and we'll do our best to make sense of it all next week on "washington week." download our weekly podcast and take us with you. it's the "washington week" podcast at pbs.org. >> funding for "washingt

on friday, "the national journal" reports, by telling the first few weeks of his campaign was a lovefestdo fall down. president obama did not have a great start to the campaign. is it good for governor perry to be conceding, his word, not mine, folks, ass-kicking in the beginning of his campaign? >> it's not about falling down. it sh it's about getting back up. you hope your kids learn from adversity. he did not get out of the gate good and this is what those conservatives who are looking for a true conservative were hoping for that he'd get back up on the saddle and he did, you know, and generally in politics that was one of the keys to president clinton and candidate clinton's success. it's how you respond to stumbling that says something about your character and your stamina and your resilience and how you could perform in a very difficult job. >> mary makes a good point. >> think he was smart to do that. >> he makes a good point and remember in the early clinton campaign whether it was jennifer with a g or the draft controversy. and the whole establishment world said clinton's got to