chris christie tried to take out tom caine jr. this week. why? couple of reasons. one is he was unhappy that tom caine was responsible for the republican legislative effort. because of a feud with steve sweeney, norcross' ally, he tried to take out steve sweeney, spent a lot of money in that, and there was a lot of disgruntlement because if that money was spent in a couple of other key districts, christie might have had a majority in the senate. >> so this is amazing. tom caine jr.'s crime in chris christie's eyes was trying to elect republicans. he was going after democrats who helped chris christie and he turned around and tried to take him out of his job. >> steve sweeney is a labor leader. and chris christie has been fostering a nurturing relationship with the trade unions and they're indebted to steve sweeney. and so there was a lot of unhappiness that tom caine was trying to take out, the big labor leader. so christie didn't want that to happen either. so there is a colossal irony there, that, you know, the leader of the republican party, t