mark: john thain that as more -- john, it's more details emerge in which of the candidates is making the toughest political play, speaking out against the violence and appealing to voters? john: if you want me to talk stickley politics, i will talk about chris christie. he is taking out the toughest position, and when our politics -- gripped by fear, the guy who sounds most like donald trump on terrorism is a smart play for chris christie. i don't know if it is the best play in the long run, but it is the best in the short run. mark: you cannot argue with the numbers in the polls, not just this week, but in general. long ago made a u.s. attorney and in dealing with the fisa court and prosecuting terrorists. smarts now looking like a play, something voters are getting, that this guy has dealt with domestic terrorism, personally on a 9/11, but also as a u.s. attorney. john: the contrast between the pieces of video we showed with chris christie and marco rubio, i think rubio looked untethered in that video, and pursuing what i would like to call a false binary, the notion that you canno