the country illegally. so that's the nod to the dream act that's so popular on the left. >> andrea, what chances do a major plan like this have of getting through congress? >> i think better than ever. and the real sadness here is that john mccain, lindsey graham and others are totally behind this now. if they had been able to do this in 2007 and had not run away from george w. bush, they could have achieved this then, and perhaps the republican party's trajectory would be different. >> andrea, a big fact, and john mccain didn't allude to it, he said it flat out on tv yesterday. he said the election returns are what's motivating this. let's be clear about that. this isn't any revelation coming out of church. it was election returns that are motivating this. >> by the way, you've got to tip your hat to the bushes. they saw this coming, not in 2004, not in 2000. jeb was talking about this in 1997. his brother was talking about it in texas. in 1999. they talked about it nonstop,