is clear lly responsible for th continuing damage being done, because that doesn't accept anybody's arguments. it just says let's open the government for two weeks and use that space and try to come up with a permanent solution to end this madness. again, i can't answer any reason to be opposed to that other than people who want to continue to impose pain on the coast guard, want to continue to impose pain on folks throughout the federal government and throughout the country, because whiels would somebody not support that very simple proposal? it's a neutral proposal. >> the argument is you'd lose the leverage when it opens. >> so when you say leverage, you mean all those coast guard folks? >> i'm not making the argument. >> i know. i'm saying to the commandant of