do this. they have to come up with a conclusion. and evidently, they've made almost no progress. and one of the biggest time wasteers, senator john kerry. evidently, he makes speech after speech in aspirational tones where people's eyes glaze over. >> one of the things that a lot of people talked about last night, herman cain's 999 plan. there's a story out this morning, i just saw it on national review on line in their corner blog, it says that steven moore, "the wall street journal" guy who is on this program a lot and on the channel a lot, he helped herman cain with his plan. he realizing now that the 9% sales tax is a nonstarter. what steven moore is suggesting to the cain camp is change that 9% national sales tax to a 9% payroll tax. it would still be lower than what we're paying now. and then you wouldn't have to worry about the national sales tax and we saw all the candidates pile on mr. cain last night on that. will he change his plan? stand by. >> very interesting.