point is on the issue of gun control. the president was saying today that he believes mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader is totally on board with the idea of background checks but you and i both know we've seen this movie before. being totally on board on this friday is not necessarily where things will stand when they come back from recess. >> right. and here is the thing when we're talking about whether or not mitch mcconnell is on board here, he can be on board in principle, but all he cares about is the senate majority leader is how could we put this in a piece of legislation that has enough votes to pass. he's not going to put his republican senators in a position where they're going to have to vote for something that isn't passing, that is politically unpopular -- >> or be signed by the president. >> exactly. so the president might be right now very enthusiastic about this in principle but the devil is in the details -- especially when it comes to the politics of gun control and so that is i think where the divide could be here and whe-- where things could ge hairy. >> did you want to jump in.