mccardle. he's state house borough chief for new jersey 105.1 radio. appreciate your time. >> my pleasure, rachel. any time. >> first, let me just ask you about this development actually with the state of the union and the ft. lee mayor mark sokolich being invited to the state of the union by a new jersey democratic congressman who has been a real critic of chris christie's. should we see that as a pure political message here? >> that's how i see it. congressman pascrell has been very outspoken against governor christie from the get-go, in fact. i'm not surprised he would make some political aim this way at all. >> in terms of the investigation that's happening of this scandal at the legislature, i was perhaps naively surprised today when i saw that the republicans' pick for state senator to be on that committee is kevin o'toole. as far as i understand it, he's thought of as being as close an ally as the governor has in the legislature, and his name does turn up in the subpoenaed e-mails and text messages that have been released so far already by the investigation. what's your take on this appointment? >> well, first off, you are