and part of the reason conservatives were able to do all that is that ruth bader ginsberg resisted callshen obama was president, which meant that when she died, donald trump was able to appoint her replacement. and now that democrats are at high risk of losing the presidency and senate in november, they're thinking, maybe we shouldn't trip over our own dick a second time? >> growing calls from the left for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, one of their own, to step down and leave the bench. the point: for the 69-year-old democrats control the white house and the senate and then they can choose her replacement. >> democratic senator richard blumenthal recently voiced support for sotomayor stepping down, saying, "you know, we should learn a lesson. and it's not like there's any mystery here about what the lesson should be." >> michael: yeah, there sure isn't. obviously, the lesson is: rbg should have retired, or if would have they had listened to me, turned her into some immortal robojudge. but for some reason, neither of those things happened. [cheers and applause] and now democrats

obama tried to get ruth bader ginsberg to retire. another seven years and said go pound sad in mer way. the average age of congress 57.9 years in the house. senate 64 years. what's going on here? >> there is a little panic about the fall and democrats wondering whether they'll both hold the senate and the white house. justice sotomayor i saw her in arguments seemed to me like she always does. fully engaged. she is diabetic. she took precautions. but she doesn't seem to be losing a step at all when it comes to doing her job. i would imagine privately she is looking at the birthdays of some of her critics saying you first. you have me beat by ten plus years. no indications she is going anywhere. a number of democrats also saying it is insulting. leave her alone. don't pressure her. this is a lifetime appointment. when you pressure people is when they dig in their heels. >> dana: she might be surprised a lot of conservatives are the ones defending her this week. >> again, it's a lifetime appointment. if you are there and doing your job.