Too compromising. if you take this sort of false idea to its logical conclusion it's a recipe for endless confrontation because you always got to prove you're pure enough. >> of course, you had in iowa this past weekend at the republican event out in iowa, you had the evangelical pastors saying we needed more republicans willing to be crucified in the public square for their views. i don't know. back when i was running, i thought the idea was to get more votes than the other side. >> that's right. but, you know, one of the disturbing strands of conservative thought that went into the shutdown ...