had said in previous interviews before he had this position, back when he was a professor and he was asked to analyze this transaction, where he suggested very plainly that he believed that if you just looked at strict anti-trust policy, that the deal would be approved. he has now been put into this position very recently. and of course, things have taken a very different turn. >> danny, how unprecedented or how unusual is this? >> think of it this way. every year, the department of justice and the federal trade commission review over 1,000 merger applications. and by the ftc's own numbers, 95% of these present no issues, no anti-competitive issues. because that's exactly what they're looking for. mergers, horizontal mergers that create anti-competition. and anti-competition, obviously, hurts consumers, which is what they are looking for. so, when you consider this recent issue, you have to ask the question, do those