overestimating the political gain they can get from passing this bill. it will shall much less important for their political f fortunes than what happens to the cost of gas. they're talking about inflation and this big spending bill as a way of addressing inflation, but it just doesn't smell right to most people. it's not a bill anybody would put together if your primary goal was addressing inflation. it's just -- it doesn't sound right to say the way we address the problem of the moment is by doing all the things we wanted to do before it was a big problem. and i think presidents get into trouble when what they're most concerned about is not what the public is most concerned about. >> people are concerned about those issues, though. all of those issues, two-year college, pre-k, universal health care, making sure we expand medicaid for our elders, people agree with those issues. i will say i didn't hear the