department of defense authorization to go to ahead to launch military action gaiagain isis in syria? >> i am smiling, wolf, because to me, it is so obvious. something that we should have done a year ago. tim kaine, myself, and a handful of others have been beating the drum, and just saying, look, this is congress' responsibility, but we are not doing it, wolf. people don't want to take that responsibility. congress is very good at sitting on the sidelines and criticizing, but not very good at saying, okay, this is what we have to do. but the answer is yes, of course, there should be a congressional authorization, and the president sent a proposed a authorization up six months ago, and it has not seen the light of d day. the answer is yes. this is the fundamental constitutional responsibility, and we should undertake it, and get into the debate right away. >> a lot of the lawmakers, democrats and republicans for that matter reluctant to the raise their hand and vote on this, because politically it is going to cause them some pr