well, i have no idea what those weasel words mean, those are wiesel words. opposition, whose opposition. vaguely in what does that mean? vaguely conceded the opposition, never said anything about him, you're reading. >> well, if i've been doing a lot of, sort of background reporting and back and forth, and there's a couple things that have -- that come to light to me, just talking to some folks today, some folks close to gates, for instance, who have described the initial reporting. the initial accounts, specifically, bob woodward's account as sensationalized, that people close to gates are saying, hey, you know what, this book is candid, yes, he stands by those quotes about whether it's a biden and hillary on president obama, the whole book is much more measured and much more in line with the picture of bob gates that's been painted for decades in this town. so there seems to be a little bit of a concern or shock in gates' world, how these quotes are playing, and it may not have necessarily -- maybe sending a message that gates, himself wasn't necessarily i