might be a small island, but if you think about the mediterranean -- i'm sorry, the caribbean as a whole and you think about our hispanic population and you think then of a growing economic area, the caribbean is an area of a lot of investment and cuba is a key player there. >> is it fair to say that this is the kind of thing obama supporters would say, this is the kind of stuff he does. you know, he's willing to be bold. he's willing to work outside of conventional wisdom. that, you know, hillary clinton for a long time supported the cuban -- the embargo. only last year switched her position. that, you know, he has been more bold on things like this and burma than even another democrat would have been? >> i won't get into the democratic politics of it. i would say this is an area under our constitution, our political system, he has tremendous latitude. diplomatic relations and the like. he doesn't need congress to sign onto this. he also has the advantage that the cold war has been over for 25 years, and cuba is no longer