the chairman and other members on this congressional committee. okay. let's head to richmond right now and check in with joe johns and talk more about eric cantor's stunning defeat. you heard what dana bash said. eric cantor didn't pay enough attention to his constituents and that's why he lost. is that what you're hearing? >> reporter: i think that is very much part of the narrative here right now, carol. look, eric cantor is well liked in washington d.c. certainly well known there, known by colleagues on capitol hill. out here in the district though -- that's not discounting the power and influence of the tea party so many people have said the tea party was having real problems in this midterm election and this infuses new energy. that said, eric cantor clearly did not know what was going on here in his district. as you heard from dana, he was on capitol hill yesterday on