david corn for "mother jones" magazine and bobby ghosh editor of "time" international. i love you talking to what's his name? who's the guy -- the guy who tells the republicans how to talk. >> oh, frank luntz? >> you were the guy who broke the story. let's talk about the iranian argument. came up this weekend by senator lindsey graham and congressman mike rogers. if the president doesn't act, they say, the mullahs in tehran will not take them seriously. let's watch. >> if we keep this hands-off approach to syria, this indecisive action toward syria, kind of not knowing what we're going to do next, we're going to have a war with iran because iran's going to take our inaction in syria as meaning we're not serious about their nuclear weapons program. >> the problem is, you know, the president has laid down the line. he, you know, can't be a dotted line. it can't be anything other than a red line. in more than just syria, iran is paying attention to this. north korea is paying attention to this. >> well, john bolton, the hawk's hawk, and president bush's former u.n. ambassa