the affected states and anne else whis able to hel us can up this mess, and they cou get on the callveryay at the samtime. e president couldave open e call and he could have said, i'm not going to stay on this call for mo tn a minute, but i'm gointo tell you the people on this ca are responsible to the peoplof this nation to make sure that that oil does not get to our shores. d i want y to do possle. b.p. has sd they will pay for it. b.p. is on th call and a you assurg us will pay under suchirmstances i'm e they wld he sa yes. and th cld have prded day with the president's fulort for goverrs' requests, for the coast guard's rue, repealinghe effects of the jones law which inhited r ability of getting other countries to he us inheponse, all of that uld haven ndled if i would have bun early enough. but the fact at there wasn effort to ruaway and avoid thproblem and deal with it not until it w jus coletely of control is, i belie, idication of someone who had gislate skills a not ecuti ills. there is such a difference. we nnot legislate our way out of thisiat ande should not pass a capnd tax bi