serious concerns raised and we discussed yesterday about the impact these memos could have when it comes to national security, when it comes to information sharing, even allies, even the way at how this is playing out. is it smart to use up that political capital for this instance? >> i would love nothing more to make sure we're protecting the men and women serving us at home and abroad, protect the identities and valdable intelligence work that's been done. erica, the facts are that the republicans went ahead and released this very inflammatory memo, and in the interest of transparency, it only makes sense to release the democratic memo. i'm finding comfort in the fact that the democratic lawmakers knowed they want to work with the proper intelligence officials to redact any information that could be sensitive ordaining rouse, something that did not happen with the republican memo. >> steve, you were a big supporter of releasing the republican memo.