With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". sought to be introduced, unless called to testify thereto by the party to whom such intérest is opposed or unless the testimony of such deceased person in relation to such transaction or statemént is introduced in evidence by the party whose interest is opposed to that of the witness or has been taken and is on file in the case. No person who is an incompetent witness under this section shall make himself competent by t follows the lead of such states as Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah. See J. Weinstein & M. Berger, Weinstein’s Evidence ¶ 601[03] (1990). See also 2 J. Wigmore, Wigmore on Evidence § 578 (Chadbourn rev.1979)(<HOLDING>); M. Ladd, Uniform Rules of Evidence —

A: holding that the lien at issue was not extinguished by silence in the plan as to its survival unless it is dealt with by the plan by a provision for the payment of or securing of the claim
B: recognizing that the dead mans statute is a survival from an earlier and much broader incompetency statute and characterizing its survival as deplorable
C: holding as much
D: recognizing that this courts construction of a statute becomes as much apart of the statute as the words of the statute itself and that change is a matter that addresses itself to the general assembly not this court
B.