from the people and the power players on the hill, people tend to perform a little bit. they want to show both sides that they're, you know, with them. so sometimes there is a little show boating or holding the cards close to the vest and not revealing what they intend to do. >> neil: so someone is going to nancy pelosi saying, i know i'm officially undecided but you can count on me and you don't have to pin me to a wall. that sort of deal. >> that can happen. i don't think pelosi would go to the house flr unless she thou she -- house floor unless she thought she had the vote. sometimes there is a shell game going on in washington. it's as old as we are in the country. thomas jefferson did it in 1807. we had an embargo act. it wasn't popular. the senate passed it in four hours, and took the house three days so the people wouldn't find out until it was a done deal. >> neil: that was the first time we ever deemed