understand where he was responsible for things alone, where there is responsibility to be blamed-- blaine to be shared and were in some cases maybe he really wasn't the key person responsible. >> host: bradley graham's new book, "by his own rules" goes on sale today. thanks for joining us this morning. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> tomorrow we will discuss the economy and the federal reserve with former treasury undersecretary john taylor. arizona senator john mccain takes your calls at 88 am eastern and linda douglas, communications director for the white house office of health reform talks about the administrations plans for healthcare and we will look at the day's news with bob schieffer, chief washington correspondent for cbs news. washington journal live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. also on washington journal this week tom ridge, former secretary of homeland security will take your questions on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> the health committee begin insinuative marking of the healthcare bill. senator chris dodd sitting in for senator ted kennedy. this is two ho

i would like to ask a couple of other colleagues to join this conversation, blaine luetkemeyer of missouri, another member of the freshman republican class, who is the rarest of rare commodities in congress, in that he has operated and continues to operate a small business. he currently operates a 160-acre farm after serving as a leader in a number of other small businesses and if any entity within this congress does not get the attention it deserves, i would suggest that to is small business and i yield to my colleague, mr. luetkemeyer, from missouri. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you to the gentlelady from wyoming, mrs. lummis. it's a great evening you put together for us here. we've been here a little over 100 days, about 120 days now. we've all got some first impressions of what this body is all about, what this work work is all about. it's been an eye-opening experience for me coming from the midwest. my district is full of small towns, it's where you know your neighbors and wave at them as you go by. we still have gun racks in the back of pickup trucks where i come from. but we also have so