the senate work with anybody. sigh length filibuster, a clear majority of the senators, 55 senators who supported the legislation and as congressman harmon pointed out this was a compromise legislation. it was no hard-line. the question; should they not have ever focused on assault weapons or high-capacity magazines? did that mean the president shut have acted more quickly to get this done? those are all tactical measures. the thing is, as harry reid, the majority leader said, when you have 90 percent of the american people and 80 percent of republicans thing, yes, background checks are a good idea, we like that and the senate cannot get it done? the emphasis should be on the dysfunction in the united states senate. look at the congress agriculture rating, 79 percent of americans say congress does not work. they are not -- they do not have the feeling about president obama. >>chris: so, not a big defeat