paul ryan, basically, simple. other ad throwing granny off the cliff. >> neil: by the way that was harvey korman. >> we asked why didstep up to the plate and endorse the plan? paul ryan got to be, if he's the nominee, paul ryan is going to play some role. i mean, vice-president maybe, maybe treasury secretary if he wins? and that's kind of interesting. and i think that's pretty much baked in. the other thing is, if you look at the ryan plan, what's fascinating about it, it's not all that radical. >> neil: no, it's not. >> right, but charles, ron paul was on and he said not radical enough. >> it's ironic, you talk about how few republicans got behind it, whether it's an election year or not. and the ad was in a comic style, but they couldn't hit it hard. no way to hit it in a hard, meaningful way and you've got to go at it, you know, the obama style of deflection or-- >> and paul ryan in a previous iteration teamed up with democrat ron white coming with a compromise. >> neil: and why is it part of the effort? >> part of the preem support. >> and call it a compromise and the only, really, the only democrat, but they c