>> you spoke on camera too earlier. >> i don't. i did. see how much on camera there is. i mean, look, i think as i said, your referenced the comments i made on monday. i've made the same comments, similar comments in december and january. some days we'll do it. i think it's great for us to come out here and have a substantive and discussion about policies. i don't think that the be all and end all is whether it's on television or not. we've made ourselves available a lot of times and we'll continue to do it. but i'd rather sit here and have a very enjoyable conversation with you on issues, on a friday afternoon, and let the president's comments stand on the great things that he's doing on behalf of our nation's veterans. >> a follow-up on the tapes. you were also on fox this morning -- >> i was. thank you for watching. >> yeah. but you indicated that the president's tweet on the tapes successfully influenced comey to tell the truth in his testimony. so, do you believe that he...