act in a sort of untethered manner, and look, he's not my cup of tea and i don't want my kids watching him on tv, but on the big things that matter to me, he does the right thing, even when he doesn't say the right thing. and i think what we saw in the past week with the syria policy, the potential for the afghanistan pullout, mattis resigning in protest for the reasons that he stated in the letter, very openly, all of a sudden, republicans are wondering, is he even doing the right thing anymore on the things that really matter to me? and one more thing on the shutdown. look, i mean, this is a political question about who voters are going to blame, and it's sort of a game of chicken that both parties play. but i think what's bothering senate republicans and the reason mitch mcconnell has ceded all negotiations to chuck schumer tworek with the white house and work this out, is that senate republicans and house republicans, for that matter, at least leadership, had a deal that the president agreed to. and so, mitch mcconnell brings it up and they voice vote it,