participate fully in the house select committee investigating what happened in benghazi. we're awaiting a news conference at this hour from the house minority leader, nancy pelosi, after she appointed five democrats to that committee. joining us now with some reaction, basil smichael, also angela mcglowan. there was all kinds of back and forth about whether democrats should participate at all, whether they should put one person on the committee or a full complement, nancy pelosi decided to go the whole banana. [laughter] what do you think about that? >> you know what? i think it was a great decision on her part because, ultimately, what the democrats want to do is be a conversation. if the democrats had not been seated on this committee, republicans would have an unfettered opportunity to push out their argument, their talking points without the democrats really being able to