mr. blitzer, the floor is yours. what else do you have on the political ticker?velopment, the hearings before the senate armed services committee on repealing don't ask, don't tell, the policy that forbids gays from serving openly in the united states military. and john mccain is the ranking republican on the committee saying this is not a good time to change the policy right now. he says it's not a good time for combat personnel, those young combat soldiers and marines in iraq and afghanistan to be forced into changing the policy right now. he doesn't like it. at this time he said we should be inherently cautious about making any changes that would affect our military and what changes we do make should be made with careful and dleb rate consideration. the chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mullen testified saying that it's a good time to change the policy but mccain strongly disagrees. what will be interesting is what is going to happen tomorrow when some of the other chiefs will be testifying, including the marine core general who opposes getting rid of don't