i think the comments made about her in that letter, whether or not they were taken out of context were the wrong thing to do. she could not have gotten the job either as then senator hillary clinton's top adviser or the job in the state department without passing a rather rigorous security clearance. if there was any indication she had any connection at all with the muslim brotherhood, she would not have passed that security clearance. >> a democratic strategist and director of the "huffington post" media group and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, i don't know what we're living here but i have to say i'm impressed at least piecemeal by these republicans sticking their heads up and saying enough is enough, this mccarthyism. bob strum first. >> they need to be more.