beyond those who have been so outspoken to push back on that. will we see other senators come out today and take a flake or corker-like position on that? we'll find out. but right now i doubt it. >> a standing ovation. i want to bring my panel in. robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post" and bret stephens, an op-ed columnist for "the new york times" and megan murphy, the editor of bloomberg business week. brett, i want to start with you. one trump critic said the ice is beginning to crack. what we're seeing with bob corker, with jeff flake, you're going to see more republicans follow suit. do you think that's the case? >> follow suit in denouncing the president? >> yes. >> or in renouncing their political ambitions. >> fair point. >> this is the key thing. there's a law in economics, gresham's law, bad money drives out good. in a sense what we have is bad republican politicians driving out good ones who are just removing themselves literally