. >> hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of neil m. ggorsuch. >> reporter: the nomination of judge gorsuch to the supreme court. >> it doesn't have to be this way. when the nominee get enough votes for confirmation, the answer is not to change the rules. it's to change the nominee. >> reporter: now senate republicans answer right back, triggering a move so controversial it's called the nuclear option. blowing up senate rules. getting rid of the need for a super majority of 60 votes making it so a simple majority of 51 from either party pushes through the nominee to the supreme court. >> i raise a point of order the vote on closure under the precedent set in 2013 is a majority vote on all nominations. >> veteran gop senator john mccain reluctantly supports the nuclear option but reminds the colleagues in the senate the rights of the minority are protected for a reason. >> elections have consequences. >> reporter: democrating fought until the end citing his record and still furious about the way republicans treated president obama's nominee garla