brian. the supreme court decided it's not going to intervene on an appeal that would temporarily suspend the law. this puts the issue of gays serving openly in the military back in the hands of the courts, unless congress changes the law and brian, senator john mccain is the guy holding it up right now here, which by the way puts him at odds with his own wife, cindy mccain, who is arguing to see the law repealed. brian? >> all of this in the prizm on what happened election night. chuck todd starting us off on this friday night. >>> we want to go across the hall in our washington bureau to the set of "meet the press" with david gregory standing by. you heard chuck, david. think of the two guests, two people among your guests sunday morning. you've got john mccain and david axelrod, last mentioned because he was in the news on taxes. i heard somebody say today it's harsh, the white house is pretending to have leverage on this topic. >> well, on the issue of tax cuts, it's interesting, you heard the president. he doesn't want to negotiate from overseas or give away the end game here, which is probably some compromise here on t