against radical terrorists. which a lot of democrats don't want, don't want to use those words, don't want to say it. >> welcome back to "hardball." this was house minority leader, john boehner today. the times square terror plot and the oil rig disaster have republicans and democrats angling to get a political edge off these fights. for that we go to the strategists, steve mcmahon and todd harris a republican strategist. do you think it's fair of boehner to be jumping on this times square thing. here's a guy that puts a bomb together, he's a naturalized citizen. he's caught within hours, they put him away. we follow the lead back to pakistan. what's the problem? >> there's no question, there's been some phenomenal police work after the fact. the question is, the only thing that kept this bomb from going off was the fact that apparently the guy wasn't a very good bomb-maker. it's not like the plot was foiled. i think that while the police work in terms of apprehending him was phenomenal, there are a