gop base. you'd be unsurprised to hear that i entertained a lot of radio callers today who essentially said what's he got to hide? how deep is the president involved in this? >> yeah. i think the origins of this one are really important to kind of keep in mind here. it's sort of the reason why john boehner has the choice to go forward with and why every republican in congress. and that is this is a scandal that began on the right. it began on the right. the right had decided when obama became president that one of the top targets in the administration, one of the symbols for their resentment of the administration would be eric holder. there would have been a target on the back since the obama administration began. this has been the thing that's been pushed on the right. talk radio, cable news, outlets like that. and now it's finally because republicans control the house, they're able to push this thing far enough that it gets exposure. i think as mark said it's a fight that democrats are not