senate. there is no unity. nobody can figure out what's going on. >> the plan is very simple. it's out there, very clear. i guarantee you that the chairman of finance committee max baucus was involved in putting it together. the procedural question, there are people advocating the president abandon this agreement and allow the clinton tax rates, increase for every taxpayer in america, go into effect on january 1st. i want to know strategically going forward from here, jane, do you think that is a strategic option for democrats, that they should be willing to do it? >> i as you and adam know was an advocate of negotiating and not allowing them to take hostages. the 2 million people unemployed, they didn't get help in this deal. the president has been going on, as have the republicans, about the need to close the deficit and they decided to go on a