jobs or h1bs out there, you're not just going to go dream kids. i'm not saying if that's all you had out there, that that's what's going to happen. the thing is for politicians and elected officials to resist doing that which is expedient or convenient. to resist doing heavy lifting. >> do you want senate democrats to bring up immigration legislation, to force a vote and create a political moment, or do you want more behind the scenes negotiations before basically it gets politicized and thrown into the campaign in 2012? >> well, you bring up a good point. you know, if you want to score political points, you can do all sorts of things, but there's a lot of work in the background going ons we speak. and i do believe that you have to lay that groundwork in order to enhance the chances of doing something that's truly meaningful. >> you don't want the senate democrats to throw something out there too throw something out there too quickly before you give it a realistic shot behind the scenes? >> i think you can introduce