and making it their own? >> you can call it whatever -- >> i want to call it that. that's who did that. >> i think the president has -- president obama is as much to blame for the shutdown of washington by -- >> did he make mcconnell say we are here to obstruct? that's what we are here to do? >> that was a stupid thing for mitch mcconnell to say. i don't think it played out. the reality is the president never negotiated in good faith to get to compromise. it was always his way or the highway. >> you see trump negotiating in good faith? >> actually, that's the amazing thing about donald trump. this is a man who is not ideological. he would put together a pretty good deal on immigration. >> yet, he has -- that's not what schumer and -- >> he walked away from it. the bigger issue this week, all of this talk about the op-ed and this book has obscured the fact that there's another rubber stamp that's coming down the pike, which is justice potentially kavanaugh. here is a man who was put on the