distraction. new york city does not suffer fools. to that degree i do think it is uphill to prove as comptroller or mayor your scandal-plagued past isn't a liability. >> i think he is going to have a real hard time making the case you should be comptroller, a job where you have to build coalition, it is not being a sheriff, it is being a steward of a $155 billion pension fund. the 14th largest in the world. it is about the security -- retirement security of individuals. it is not our money. it is not elliott's money so forget about his personal issues. this is about competence. this is about working. when you look at my record, of being able to do really important things by bringing people together, when this guy went to albany full of promise. forget about how he left. you should have seen how he was when he was there? it was unbelievable.