respect to world leaders. you know, the irony is our teams probably do more to organize a lot of these multilateral forums and set the agenda than anybody. we end up being engaged much more than china, for example, in setting the agenda and moving this stuff forward. so when -- it's almost like me not showing up to my own party. i think it creates a sense of concern on the part of other leaders, but as long as we get through this, they'll understand. we'll be able to, i believe, still get these deals done. the last point i'd make, though, is we can't do it every three months. back in the '90s, we had a government shutdown. that happened one time, and then after that, the republican party and mr. gingrich realized this isn't a sensible way to do