democratic district in chicago in a special election, or is this kind of a pilot program for something that democrats might try to do more broadly? >> i think it's a pilot program. and i think one of the problems for advocates of sensible gun laws is that there's been a lot of mythology built up around the power of the nra. and it's true that in certain rural districts in america it's very hard to support any form of gun control, but there have been very few races where advocates of gun control have made it an issue themselves. bloomberg obviously is doing that in illinois. it happened in a congressional race in virginia, where you can argue that jerry connelly out in suburban virginia got re-elected in part by the gun issue. what has to happen is in districts, in suburban and urban districts where the vast majority of voters want action on guns, if people are opposed to doing it then they have to be taken on and this has to be made an issue in an election.