died of an apparent, an apparent, self-inflicted gunshot wound. a note was foundness ho in his . police are investigating the death as a possible suicide. mayfield was one of three men charged with conspiring to take photos cochran s wife in a nursing home and using those images in a political ad. l let s bring in our panel, gloria borger, our senior political analyst ron brownstein is joining us from l.a. ron, let me ask you first, this is a pretty tragic situation. it was a bitter runoff. what do you make of this? well, first of all, it s obviously a tragedy for the friends and family. that really is the first point. second, it s a reminder of how intense the emotions are at this moment in american politics. third, i think it is also a reminder that after some indications earlier to opposite, the cantor race and mississippi senate race reminded us there s going to be no quick end to the conflict in the republican party to what some call the