and i think the there's a book by a guy named nathaniel frankle unfriendly fire which goes into the evidence on this. and general shalli cash fill ay in an op ed yesterday reiterated this, that he said it's good for the president to consult with top military leaders to discuss how to move ahead with this repeal of don't ask, don't tell. but that it does have to move ahead. and we have to press congress for the sake of our militaries readiness and for the sake of our country's defense, we can't afford to lose more than 13,000 service members, which we have lost in the past 15 years. simply because of this -- i forget what the expression is, where the he cannlers veto is the term. where somebody doesn't like something and you let him skew the entire discussion and you basically give big ots a veto. the evidence is that there is no problem in units that have openly gay members. and their records speak for themselves. they should be judged on their merits. which is all that anybody of us is asking for. host: we have another message from twitter. we need your voice out there. let's take another c