congress will be doing. >> george will for the "post" penned a piece said, "cowering to the presidential caucus is to affirm the nation's honor while quarantining him." john mccain's 2008 presidential campaign manager, steve schmidt, leaving, as well. these are dramatic departures. do will and schmidt sway voters? what's the significance? >> i'm thinking that's two votes. if they can get 20 million more, they might get a head of steam together and maybe change the party. the reality is there's a deep split within the party. some of the more prominent voices are not in power. when they're leaving, what they're doing is showing they don't have a place and the mainstream has movered beyond them. where the mainstream goes, you can look at the polls, and every