the republican party said we need to stop talking to ourselves and stop being exclusionary and they were supposed to learn these lessons. do they take those lessons -- >> let me now take the other side. this is a vote that could have passed the house on october 1. this is a fact because he's so intimidated by that caucus. the contrast to thomas o'neill don't bring up the republican agenda we control the house and reagan said elections have consequences. they brought up and lost and came back and fought it again. it's inexplicable to me why the house doesn't vote. there's nothing wrong with a vote. >> john meacham, thank you very much. john's book," thomas jefferson the art of power" is coming out