i told senator mitch olen friday, what we would try to do is work at an agreement with him. we trust each other, we know we have to bring this session to a close. you don't always get everything you want. those, i think that's on the list. both of those things. we have to figure out when we can get a time agreement. everybody knows it takes just one or two senators now to block most anything. >> on your list? sen. dole: i don't totally agree with them but i'm not going to block with those. >> george mitchell made a big teal that republicans were the ones who killed health care reform. do you think this will have any negative fallout whatsoever in the elections? sen. dole: i'm reminded of a peace i saw in "the washington post" last week that talked about congressional coverage. 62% of the time republics are pbs as negative, republicans are on -- democrats are on as positive. we have a problem about how it's portrayed. i'm going to read that book, it sounds like it should be a bestseller among republicans. but my view is it's not going to sell. i didn't know there was a whip c