That congressman, the congresswoman, the senator who brought home the bacon, who brought federal dollars back into the district was good for life, was going to constantly be re-elected by a grateful electorate. that conventional wisdom has gone by the wayside in the last number of years. do you think it still applies at all? would members of congress potentially pay a political price for these projects being shut down? >> there is still a price to pay. look, our politics have become a lot more tribal. so people are less pragmatic about supporting their members of congress, and certainly there ...