Claire McCaskill: “Why can we not begin to do more with--if we are going to give you money, we are going to make you jump through a few…”

I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.

Maybe we'll learn that extremes are not healthy for general elections.

I think the filibuster is on life support. And I think if the Democrats pick up more seats, I think it will probably go away.

I think it`s a jump ball. And I think anybody who is watching tonight needs to realize that there`s lots of people that need to volunteer. And there`s lots of people that need to try to find five or $10 to give to their favorite candidate…