told me that. not a word. that's called the washington two-step. that's where you get set up, somebody passes information, and out you go. in the face of facing cancer, fighting the democratic leadership -- by the way, i'm a proud democrat. i'm a democrat in a place where we don't have democrats. it's not like i'm in new york city. i'm in rural america where the rubber hits the road. one of the first democrats to be elected in my congressional district in human memory. and there the people of my district, by the way, overwhelmingly didn't want me to resign. but i can't. i can't stay and fight it all. >> larry: you are leaving because -- quickly, in a sentence, you're leaving because? >> i am leaving because i have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer, the democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it