of behind the scenes discussions. >> you are telling me it's like cramming the night before the exam. >> i along with other members sponsored legislation to put teeth in the commission. just like the base realignment and closure commission who had an outside group put forward recommendations tough to vote against their own districts that's why you have the outside group. >> that's because they won't take their -- i understand politically you have to do that because it's too dangerous to make these votes but that's the very point of being a member of congress is to make them. we send people to washington to make those tough choices not to take the tough choices and farm them out to people with political cover. that's what makes americans so mad. >> i agree. i am the most ten terrorist member of the delegation i am a blue dog democrat. i have taken tough votes on all sorts of issues but getting back to this commission because it is so important i think the congress needs to do what we do in our own families, businesses