with the strike? >> first of all, in terms of the votes and the process in congress, i knew this was going to be a heavy lift. i said that on saturday when i said we're going to take it to congress. you know, our polling operations are pretty good. i tend to have a pretty good sense of what current popular opinion is. i understand skepticism. i think it is very important, therefore, for us to work through systematically making the case to every senator and every member of congress. and that's what we're doing. >> that was stirring, wasn't it, bob? >> for the life of me, i don't understand the polling comment. i just -- it just macs of being kind of -- talk about falling behind. but what he did say, i don't think members of congress any different than in the country says no. if a country says we're going to