i think the only thing he accomplished was gaining more supporters and fund raising himself and did a lot of harm for the republican party. i think he basically burned down the reputation of the republican party and stood -- and is standing on the ashes to stand talling for himself personally. >> i gus guess, mark your answer and strategy would be to surrender first. give me your plan. how would you have done it any other way and still make your point and try to bring the president to the table. >> sure. i think it's -- >> give me your plan. surrenderer first? >> i think it's surrenderer congressman. >> surrenderer is your plan? wow. >> we knew ahead of time we were losing the battle. >> one at a time -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> congressman, you asked mark for his plan so let mark say his plan. >> okay. give me your plan. >> we could have gone and talked about testing medicare and change cpi and entitlement cuts.