in the senate, a lobbyist can convince one senator to type a coirmation, it can take months. it is a real problem. it is always the right balance between the first amendment and the right to advocate versus the need to have a process with integrity. tavis: there are a lot of great stories in this book. i want to let you tell it's in your own words. we get a chance to hr from somebody who was in the room when this went down. there is a scene in the book, the moment when president obama is going off about these aig loans. he has gone off in the room. >> i was driving into call on md i answered it and it was >tim. he said the predent wanted to see me at 10:00 that morning. i went and was ushered right into the oval office and the president was sitting there in a chair in from the fireplace. there were couches on either side of where he was sitting. tim and larry was sittg there facing each other. i coulnot figureatd out as going on. the president asked me to t down. he said, did you read about the aig bonuses? it was amazing, they had pd all of theseons in bonuses to these idiot