sign this brief in yesterday's case urging the court to strike down california's prop 8. >> it sort of scrambles my circuits. you know what i thought when i read this, was if the supreme court doesn't strike down doma, i wonder if this very, very issue would lead to a congressional repeal of doma, because this is such an urgent matter, and this is -- to me, i went straight to the logistics of this. if you were on a base and you're married and you have kids, are they denied access? because everything is provided by the federal government. so if you live on a base with your spouse and children, are you denied access to child care? >> you're denied on-base privileges. >> so do you even live on base -- i mean, this is shocking, if heaven forbid your spouse is injured, are you not flown?