penitentiary cell blocks, if any of you know the federal system, i had the enjoyment of being in brooklyn mdc, metropolitan detention center, truly one of the poorer facilities. for 15 minutes in court. okay. and they didn't have to do that. so what i learned, and i want to end on this, what i learned being in prison and through this whole experience is something that most americans take for granted. and that's -- and some of you heard me say this at lunch, dinner last night, i kept coming back to saying, whatever the issue is the most important thing is a person's freedom to make the choice. okay. freedom is for americans somewhat esoteric concept. all of us have been born into a free society. you go into prison and you have no constitutional rights, no freedom, and then remind you that the only obligation is to feed you, to house you, and to give you clothes, anything else is a privilege, okay, and when they say jump, you jump, when they say you do x, you do x, you get a real appreciation for freedom. and i hate to see what i fear is a very dangerous path this country is going down, where w