started hearing from more and more members of congress and it was a deluge that i'm not sure that they anticipated. and everybody has different reasons, you know. there is a document circulating that a republican house member has circulated with over 100 signatures on it saying, you need to go to us. we're not ready to go to war. and so i think in a way politically they had no choice, but as you point out, this is a real roll of the dice for him. they've got nine legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year. they've got all of these -- >> you're talking about september 30. >> they've got all these budget issues they have to deal with to keep the government running, not shutting down the government. now they're going to come back and have this kind of discreet debate about this issue. and it's hard to see how this doesn't spill over. i think the american public will be watching. they want to see a grown-up