when pat moynahan, when you are running his show and i was his colleague, a majority of the senate was 51 votes. since we've gotten elected, there's a new majority, 60. what the president has been able to do has been truly remarkable to help the democratic congress. those who did not get everything they wanted, it's time to just buck up, understand that we can make things better, continue to move forward, and not yield the playing field to those folks who are against everything we stand for, in terms of the initiatives we put forward. >> i don't think of myself as running paths show, liz did, as you remember. >> that's true. >> for those who did not get everything they wanted, it's time to just buck up, understand that we can make things better and continue to move forward but not yield the playing field to those who are against everything we stand for. that is, certainly, what pat morning and would be saying if you were still here to campaign for his dear friend. he served 24 years in the senate with joe biden before his position as a harvard professor. he went back and forth, to gove