we have taken all sorts of safeguards to prevent that from helping but this treaty itself is a cfc builderthout the treaty there is no verification. trust but verify remains very important with our dealings with russia and other nuclear powers. >> so we are hearing from some republican moderates -- they're on the fence on this treaty. what do you think of the analysis, and is it principled in your view or are we just talking about politics here? >> i think there's perhaps some politics when you get involved when you get within a couple of months of an election. that's why senator john kerry and dick lugar are working together on this. i think we all ought to note that's a very positive development in partisan washington today, for two leaders to be working together. i know that senator mccain and senator leaven are working together on a number of items, including, perhaps, this. i hope senator mccain will end up voting for this. there is distrust going back to the cold war. russia has the same kind of distrust. what we have to understand is without this treaty, the distrust is going up bec