>> that's just plain factually wrong. as president clinton indicated recently on piers morgan, he and i talked regularly. we talked all the way through the process. it was covered by the news media. they knew that we were going down to meetings at the white house. we began to sort out what we could agree on. and you know, the other thing that was much more candid back then, i went back and reviewed some material after the president's comment today. president obama like does say that the congress is being unreasonable. i made a point back then that president clinton had a gun, it was called a veto pen. so there was a balance of power exactly as the founding fathers intended. the president could veto. the house could refuse to pass money bills, and we had to get together. i believe that none of the things that followed would have occurred without that difficult struggle, because i thought we had to get president clinton's attention that we were serious. i think the house republicans have the same problem today. there are games being played by senator harry reid and by