Mark Begich actually said...
He is poised -- to go to Washington, D.C., to bring the 58th vote to the Democratic Senate, as you say, just two votes away from that all-important 60-vote filibuster-proof majority, which would allow them to ram their agenda through the Senate, against the will of Republicans, leaving them almost powerless to object to anything that they won't sign on with.
Context
Discussing the potential impact of Mark Begich's victory on the Democratic Senate majority.
11/17/2008