committee structure that meets in camera if you want to see any legislation passed. >> i'm glad we have the canadian perspective on this panel. >> i'd be for that, too. >> without bring thg discussion to a screaming halt. i want to ask about reconciliation t process where you can pass something with 51 votes instead of 60 to break a potential filibuster. there's been some fact checking on this. but are the media really taking on the republicans for arguing the reconciliation is some kind of radical nuclear step? >> i think it's been pointed out repeatedly it's not a particularly radical step. i don't imagine you're going to get people to go further than that. how many times can you say reconciliation on your tv show before they switch to the hockey game? >> it needs a sexier name. i've been formulating on this program about the david paterson, all the rumors repeated in print and online about horrible things that might be published.