months that this would happen. people that followed the house warned this would happen. this is no surprise, yet the president is saying even five days ago, i'm going to get taxes out of the republican house. it's not a reality, either. >> to your point, mika, i agree with you that it's easy to take a no position. it's hard to get to yes sometimes. in this situation when you know the train is coming off the rails and the president starts the conversation in january, i want a clean debt deal when his political calculations should have told him, that's not going to be the deciding point in this debate, given what happened in november. you have to be able to readjust and come to the table with a leadership plan. >> i understand, mika, you have a good argument. >> no, i'm not. >> no, i know you are doing it