progressive side thinks they are losing in this, sort of endorsing the biggest piece of president bush's economic policy, his tax cut vision. they really wanted a larger political fight for political gain even if we ended up in the same place at the end. >> ali, one thing we came down to, democrats felt the estate tax provision was never part of the conversation. i talked to house majority whip jim clyburn. i talked to others who said they had a conference call the sunday before the i announcement was made. the benefits above 250 was a major issue but they thought the estate tax was one piece that made no sense to them. >> i want to talk about estate tax in another segment. democratic representative donna edwards summed up emotions a lot of democrats were expressing. listen to her.