moment, i think that anything that is said in any way legislatively on budget or anything, is about campaign winning. it's about political positioning. obama's budget plan has been declared sort of dead on arrival by republicans, but obama himself is really now positioning himself for his campaign, in the middle of a campaign and this is what it is about. nothing is going to happen until after this election. >> david gregory, i want to show you a shot from "newsweek" talking about a dangerous game, the escalation and the battle with iran. i guess you don't call it an october surprise if you attack a country and everybody expects you to attack a country. don't you get the feeling that iran is going to be front and center in this political campaign and there may be military action well before october? >> well, i certainly think it's possible. i don't know it's the united states that's going to initiate that. it might be israel, which is a lot closer and feels the threat