back in the activist days, the federal government was not early on including activists, particularly gay activists, those who are at risk for, or those who had been living with hiv. in the kinds of discussions for clinical trials and the rigidity of the regulatory process. they made a really good point. they were fundamentally good people who were not lying. they were reacting, trying to gain attention. very theatrical about. if you look at that film, most of those people, many of them now, are my closest friends. they are fundamentally people of high integrity, who don't lie, who are trying to get the federal government to do things that quite frankly the federal government was slow in doing. and as the face of the federal government, the way that they