that maybe you spent too much time here with your job as leader tending to your rank and file and not tending to your constituents back home? >> i was in my district every week. so there is a balance between holding a leadership position and serving constituents at home. but never was there a day did i not put the constituents of the 7th district of virginia first, and i will continue to do so. >> so ben, what is the bottom line for the tea party? >> well, the tea party needs to keep doing exactly what they're doing. smile, grin, get grassroots out there, and go after any state that they feel someone is not paying attention in their district. and eric cantor is proof that you didn't even need money. the guy only had $200,000. the article that summed it up for me was you had eric cantor spend almost $200,000 at two dinners at steak houses. and this guy's entire campaign was funded with $200,000. that should be the total story is that's how out of touch you