and halleck says, wait a minute. i mean, doesn't say this. i'm paraphrasing. he says, wait a minute, i don't want lincoln's dear friend hanging outside my office and reporting, you know, around the chain of command to the commander in chief. so that never out lincoln like to keep rivals at other's throats in many ways, he thought it was productive. a lot of. great presidents have played that game with their own supporters. fdr was another who did that. kennedy did it. so anyway, it's a complicated story. i hope you find it detailed in a more complete version in the book. i'm just going to make one very quick point now. lincoln's political was henry clay. henry clay lost new york by about 1200 votes in 1844. if he wins it, he becomes president lincoln. and a lot of whigs were justifiably bitter about that election loss. zachary taylor wins in 1848. david potter his book, co-written with the german lutheran don fehrenbach. baker, notes that they think the 1852 election was stolen by immigrant vote because win warfield scott even though often derided as a politic