joining us is democratic strategist peter fenn, who comes to us from washington, d.c. e back as always into "the war room," peter. >> good to be back with you. >> michael: we love having you, peter. now that the draft is finally here why are republicans trying to debate? >> look, the republicans never have liked immigration reform from the very beginning. they may cry, as they say, foul in south carolina but you know -- >> michael: nice. >> sorry michael. but the real reason they don't like it is they don't want immigrants to become citizens, and, you know, all of the talk of amnesty, which the republicans had cried from the roof tops for ten years is -- is -- has been changed obviously because of the last election, but you still see it. i mean now the big new excuse is oh, my gosh, we just had a terrorist attack and these people came over from a foreign country. the fact that they were 15 and 8 when they came over, not exactly terrorists, is -- is totally ludicrous, but they are seizing on anything, i think, michael to slow this down and potentially stop it. >> michael