dean heller has done a pretty remarkable job. he looks like dead meat for a while. he has done a pretty good job staying in this fight and being in a competitive position so close to the end. >> shannon: obviously, it is huge that investor haley is stepping down. you had some other names to watch. people that are potentially on their way out too. i mean, the rumors around here. some are not hard to predict. >> it is normal after midterms to have people leave. that's a reasonable period of service, so basically the rule is you can get out at the anniversary of the inauguration, and you can say i served a year, i did my part. that is sort of -- after one year, okay. but if you stay past essentially the first of february, you've got to stay on till after the midterms are over. now, we are going to see surprises and all kinds of stuff go on. james mattis is always the big question. we don't know what is going to