an amazing moment. next day report in the new york times he is talking to democrats, because he is so fed up with his own cauticus, that goes to the people he can potentially reason with. so that may be the next step is boeh ner trying to make something happen. >> what is wrong with telegraphing, i would agree, what it does is it puts everybody on notice that, hey, it's time to get behind your successor or the successor should be lined up. the assumption is eric cantor would be the next speaker. is that a valid assumption to make? >> you seen the power plays really since the tea party came to washington. that's what a lot of this dynamic is all about. really, boeh ner has shown, any time he punished these tea parties, these guys got thrown off committees that were prominent. they actually fund raised off that and made that a badge of