of sway, but our challenge at main street and other people like us in terms of wanting to restore the governing wing of the party recognize, again, they're an important piece of the puzzle, but if they become the puzzle, i mean, i heard you before the break talking about senator mccaskill's book. i'm interested to read it because i think she spent $2 million promoting the candidacy of representative akin because she knew he may have been one of the only two people in missouri that she could have beaten last year. >> well, don't you think he beat himself with his comments? i mean, that's -- >> he did, but that's the problem. the democrat invests in the republican because it's almost like she knew something was coming. you know, if you look at the rnc report, i think it's good that we've done this introspection, but we have to take it beyond that and you have to vet these candidates. it doesn't surprise me that we lose the women's vote when people are saying there's such a thing as legitimate rape. >> let me ask you about your