plank. >> what these members walk the plank for is something they are going to have to answer for back home and hopefully i think that the ability to have leverage would have been to defeat this and then go to their speaker and say, we want something different. in fact, they have enhanced. they have given leverage to the exploiters. >> this reminds me, some of you call it obstruction and democrats call it worse than that. mitch mcconnell set a goal early in the obama administration to block everything he can. can the democrats message and work the halls and work the possible and work constituencies. they have a couple of things here as the republicans have the bigger test. they put together the bill and pass it with narrow majorities. this is a giant test for the democratic party. >> it definitely is a lot on the messaging front too. i'm glad that you mentioned