this speaks to how far the country has come in a year. the electorate is not going to look like it did in 2008. he is conceding that he can't reach those white and crossover voters that he was trying for. >> excellent point. that brings me to what happened over the weekend and, juan, could this have been a little tact to the little where president obama goes and meets with the reverend billy graham, he prays with billy graham and franklin graham after franklin graham said no we are not having him at the pentagon to pray too controversial that muslim stuff. the president makes the quote, pilgrimage as it was described to reverend graham. there is a lot of maneuvering here, right? >> look, billy graham, is he an american icon. i think everybody has a certain degree of admiration billy graham going back to his days of nixon. billy graham is above that. >> laura: you don't think there was any politics involved after the franklin graham issue? nothing? >> i think the irony -- >> i think it was long-planned