that somehow the progressives were the ones that were the problem or we're holding things up, when in fact they support joe biden's agenda. and so it wasn't -- the people who were holding it up were kyrsten sinema and joe manchin. and joe manchin has continued to be highly problematic and using inflation as the excuse even though his is not an inflationary bill. the cbo score does not account from revenue that would come from tax enforcement. i'm sorry, joe manchin, the world doesn't revolve around you. >> that's what i was going to say. ron brownstein, do you think he's getting off on the attention and the power he can make on these bills? >> the power. look, near death experiences are common with big legislative fights. but even with that this has been a brutal 72 hours i think for democrats. because what it says is after months of negotiation and cajoling and substantive concessions, as kirsten was