in the financial crisis than john mccain. is that a fair assessment? >> what i would say is it is no doubt fair that the conversations i had with john mccain weren't as frequent as they were with barack obama. they were more difficult and he certainly gave me more anxiety about all that, and now president obama was attentive, engaged, and i felt comfortable he was quick to support what we needed to do. but i'm quite grateful to john mccain because -- and have respect for him because let me tell you with an election six weeks away when we went to congress there is no way we would have in my judgment got