when ted kennedy and i had comprehensive immigration reform, it was a obama -- senator obama amendment that was one of the factors, there were many, it was one of the factors that killed comprehensive immigration reform. and the issue was on the -- on the guest worker program. >> right. but you can't deny, the conservatives in the republican party that made a republican president who championed this issue unable to get this done. >> i think the major factor was probably on the right. but it was also on the left. democrats controlled by the labor unions who said that they did not want and fought against a guest worker program, which we felt was obviously something vitally important. >> you think mitt romney is wrong on the dream act? >> i think mitt romney, he said again this morning, he was -- and has said previously, he was certainly willing to address that issue in a -- and also immigration reform in a comprehensive fashion, as well. he is willing to do that, and is ready to do that. he understands the plight of these young people. all of us are very concerned