appointment he's asked for. what they're saying here is that the president of the united states knew that blago wanted a job in the cabinet. and they went forward. it's that quid pro quo thing that's gotten a lot of people in trouble. >> this is an irritant to the administration. i mean, do we think -- >> embarrassment. >> embarrassment and an irritant. it's probably not going to go any further than that but as long as this continues to be in the headlines, i'm sure that they're sitting around the white house going oh, great, you know, here we go again with blago. >> right, it looks like chicago politics. it's looking like let's get this straight. they're doing the horse trading behind the scenes. that's not good. anyway, a lot of it caught on tape by the f.b.i. here's the little stuff that they heard in court yesterday. >> yeah, that's [beep] good. i got to stop swearing. i got to stop swearing. >> it's terrible. gutter mouth. >> yeah. he's got to stop swearing. >> he went on to say i am financially vulnerable because of my life of service. how am i supposed to send my