you look at who are the republicans who they can go to, it will be olympia snowe and susan collins, maybe scott brown now from massachusetts. >> rose: >> let me pick up on george's point because i spent a fair amount of time, i interviewed senator corker and george describes it very aptly. bob corker got savaged by his own caucus. i'm not sure he fully appreciates that today. i like him a lot and admire him and they want hepted to do the right thing. but they hammered him. they had exrepublican senators telling him... his future would be dead if he went along with this. richard shelby's aide savaged him every chance they got. i don't think bob corker knew what hit him. and i think that... i think there's always been pressure in caucuses but this was the type that if you go this way on this, give up, you're dead. and i think he got rolled by his own people and let me give you the contrast. another great tennessee republican, howard baker, one of the greatest legislators i've ever known, 1978, an unpopular president, jimmy carter, proposed the panama canal treaty and howard baker who was eying the pres