they said not planning to. you know, tax writers on capitol hill are arguing that they can walk and chew gum at the same time and they are not going to be glued to their televisions and forgetting to write tax legislation, but the pr aspect is significant. they were banking on the president to be on the same page with them, keeping the general focus of the public on tax reform. remember on health care they had a very difficult time in terms of actually selling the bill to the sub, and they still need to do that on tax reform. that's a key part of this whole process is the public reaction to this, of course. this certainly makes that more complicated. the president has shown he is not going to really stay silent on this. he does have allies on capitol hill in trying to shift the focus to the clintons, but you