go ahead, mr. peck. >> sure. in the senate, for votes on the senate floor, like what we're talking about here, you can vote by proxy. you have to be in attendance. if senator mccain, in fact, is not able to vote, then, yes, the republicans are down a number, but remember, you know, mike pence, as the vice president, gets to break a tie and i think under the scenario you were talking about, where more than one senator on the majority side, in this case the republicans, is missing, my guess is that senator mcconnell would postpone the vote until that senator was replaced either in a special election or appointed by their state governor, and he would wait for the republicans to have a majority again. >> jim, do you recall the other question? >> well, actually, that's what it was. and i know the vice president gets to cast the vote on the legislative issue. i wasn't sure if he gets to cast the vote on a confirmation like that, but you answered that question. that's good. >> thank you, jim. let's hear from george now