it seems to me i don't know steve radner. >> well, i don't know. i think the revelation yesterday about the israeli spying fit badly on the israelis. i don't think that made them look like our closest allies behaving the way we want them to. it seems to me what the president is saying for all practical purposes a middle east solution is dead probably for the rest of this term or the foreseeable future. now the eggs are in the iranian deal basket and we'll see if something can come of that. >> so what do you think this has done, gene to the republicans? have they helped themselves or hurt themselves in this process of this sort of drawn out -- >> you know i'm not sure. they're trying to project an your aura of strength and a close relationship with our democratic allie in the middle east against the surrounding forces of terrorism and chaos. and so you know does that actually put any points on the board in terms of 2016 for them? i kind of doubt it. i'm not, because i don't see a huge ground swell of person opinion for something other than what pres