the white house started pushing back furiously and gene called you up and we love gene and it's a 30-minute call. i said to david, let's not pretend. when you say the word regret, i said it as a friend will. we always do that in washington. put your arm around somebody and say jim, we are good friends. i love you. if you put this on my bill, you will regret it. you are sending the message, watch out duck. >> exactly. this is the code. i never said this was a threat. what really happened here. we are at the pivot points about