country that they have to be in touch with the voices of grassroots conservatives across is the country. so one of the things that really happened, i think, in this race with -- down in virginia was that you saw a candidate much more focused on his assent as part of leadership, a gap emerged between him and his constituents and he paid the ultimate price in a primary. i think that's sort of the reminder. i think the lesson that we learned from virginia 7. >> so, scottie, usually we talk about the winner, spending more time talk about the loser. let's talk about the loser a little bit more. why did eric cantor lose? >> immigration. he sat there and brought up the principle that each mitch mcconnell was smart enough not to bring up until after his primary. you can look at the fact he repealed the sequester, put into laws that raise taxes and the only time we heard conservative come out of his mouth was last night in his giving up speech. so that -- >> but, scottie, eric cantor was