enough. the governor doubled down on those remarks this morning and doubled down now that the timeline is pretty clear. so if last night was intemperate, today is what's more crass because it looks like they are purposefully ignoring and misrepresenting the timeline of when the statement was made. i think the question of whether -- their desperation is what we're seeing. you're seeing a campaign that, you know, coming out of these conventions a -- the filter, the media has latched on to not inappropriately a story line that makes it increasingly difficult for governor romney to win this election. chuck todd referred to this as the kitchen sink strategy, they're starting to throw whatever they can against the wall and in this case, though, that's a grossly irp responsible thing to do. one thing to throw things against the kitchen sink when lives are not being lost or in jeopardy. we still have an unstable situation unfolding over there. there could be more lives lost over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours. to further destabilize the situation in this way is again not only i think ill advised politically for the reasons you said, alex, not a strong place