they made sense. they understood what it took to make a democracy work, and it's compromise. you can't do it any other way because there's no other way except an alternate government. we use this segmentation and polarization in our country, and our country being off balance for their own political interests and their own interests of power. they lost sight, i think, of the north star here as to what the real fundamental responsibilities of public servants are. >> is there anything you would compromise on on this commission in order to get mcconnell to move on this? would you move up the report date to october 31st of this calendar year? anything to get an independent sort of stamp of approval on it? >> i think those kind of things you could probably compromise. i don't think you want to compromise on the fundamentals. the fundamentals are as fair and