go ahead. your thoughts. is this going to end on "saturday night live" or is this a serious issue? >> it will end on "saturday night live." there is a serious issue. capitol hill remains the last plantation where staffers are kind of under the thumb of their bosses. in this case somebody gets out of the reach of the ethics committee by resigning his job. there were staffers who felt uncomfortable in the situations they were put in. that is one of the serious things to take from this. >> thank you jonathan allen and norah o'donnell. president obama makes another campaign-style stop to push health care. his trip to st. louis today. this is "hardball" from jerusalem, thousands of miles away from the eric massa mess, only on msnbc. [ indistinct talking on p.a. ]