hill. >> assad has to go. no, it's okay if assad stays. >> yeah, really erodes his ability, his capacity to lead, his capacity to bring others along with foreign countries and on the hill. what really worries me is that it will erode his ability to deal with the craziness on the other side, sorry, sara, in terms of not just the continuing resolution to fund the government but the debt ceiling. >> perry, do you buy this argument that he's damaged himself for the upcoming budget fights? >> i do not. i think these issues are separated. i think the syria policy was not a great two weeks. i do think the other will be about style points. i don't think we'll analyze larry summers got the job he probably shouldn't have gotten. sometimes a process that has a trial balloon like the summers process is fine. i don't think there's a big dampening for the future. no, do i think obama will have to sign a defunding of the health care bill because of syria? of course not.