explain that. i don't -- >> well, bounce back and forth between the hill and the white house. and -- look, we had two plans by the leadership that went nowhere. we now have the alexander/murray plan that was going swraomewher and now nowhere. it's stalled at this point. >> not yet. the definite article. "the" good policy consequence of the trump presidency is what talking about on iran. to congress, you fix. congress should have done in the first place. on the affordable care act, solve this. they should have done this in the first place. the revival, the resuscitation from a near deng experience of the legislative branch is not chopped liver. >> you're so optimistic! >> semiresuscitation. here, the thing making me despondent right now is that we have the legislative branch operating as, george and i agree, rarely, that it should. you know, coming together with a