aids won't say so publicly. the smart money here in town holds that yes, kerry was stunned as all of president obama's national security team were by this sudden reversal of position and his decision to go seek congressional authorization for strikes in syria. it came as a complete surprise to john kerry and a lot of people here in town believe that what president obama effectively did, bill, was he traded on kerry's reputation, his kind of position temperature as a kind of person of stuffy rectitude and also his stature as the anti-george w. bush from 2004. in order to make the case for swift military action and then suddenly pull the rug out from under him. kerry was asked on all the sunday shows do you feel undermined and of course he was good about saying no he didn't. >> he wants to keep his job. you didn't say yes i feel undermind you won't be able to work for the president. kerry knows his stuff. you like him or not or whatever. but you would say that as a secretary of state i feel much more comfortable with him in that job than