the vested interests. dave writes, in polite terms, because they are all political animals. if nancy doesn't support him now and he gets through this, there will be payback and she knows it. not to say she's a person of conviction and won't change her mind later. ryan writes, this is not a big deal, jack. even the ethics committee pointed out that he didn't know who was paying for the trip and that his staff who did know didn't tell him. he fired staff over this. calm down, buddy. jack in ohio writes, it's difficult to pull the plug and drain the swamp in which you slither. doug writes, politicians are like a bunch of bananas, they hang together, they're all yellow and there is not a straight one among them. for more go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> jack cafferty with the cafferty file. thank you. to our viewers, you're in "the situation room." happening now, a desperate effort to find survivors after chile's earthquake.