republicans. at the table tonight christiane amanpour and -- great to have you. you wrote about cruz just recently. >> i did. he's sort of irresistible. >> what did you make of his 21-hour marathon? >> i think he accomplished what he wanted to in a certain sense, which is we just watched a whole reel of him. >> you think that's what it really was about? >> i think it was about the visibility of ted cruz. it wasn't about stopping obamacare because it's not going to stop obamacare. late into the day i was starting to see comparisons of his folabuster. there are a lot of comparisons to him and wendy davis and like why did the media frown on her and make her an heroine. she wasn't trying to embarrass her party, she wasn't setting a standard of purity for her party