ads that look like other political ads? i can't believe that. >> this is blasphemy. >> doug, you were also, everyone will remember, a top aide to eric cantor when he suffered the surprise loss to then unknown dave brat in virginia. now brat is in trouble. he made a surprising plea in a surprising stop. take a listen. >> i have $5 million worth of negative ads coming at me. how do you think i'm feeling. you think i'm a congressman, life is easy. this guy is off having steaks. i have a daughter. she's got to deal with that crap on tv every day. it's tough. >> important note on that, he was speaking to a group of prison inmates. i'm serious. doug, thoughts on that? >> yeah, you know, i have not talked about dave brat for i guess about four years now on purpose. and in part because he won fair and square, and our team didn't do the job it needed to do to win the primary and have cantor