is it your view that speaker boehner and leader mcconnell doesn't speak for the republican party? >> let me put it this way. i have had the great honor of spending hours and hours and hours and you've covered any negotiating of the debt limit and other things with the leaders of the republican party. on several occasions they have been prepared to make some real compromise and have ended up calling back and saying, i can't do it. i can't get it done. has it solved every problem? no. i think that republican -- look, i'll give you the best example. republican leadership said extend the payroll tax. they couldn't get it done until the "wall street journal" came in and started beating up, i mean drum beats beating on the tea party types. that's the only way it could get done. in the past it would be the republican leadership would say, okay, here's the deal, guys. this is what we're doing. john boehner wasn't opposed to extending those taxes. how did it happen? i'm not criticizing...