wasn't. i'm sure there are people over there on be the west wing saying if we had to do it again, we might have done it a little differently. >> i want to pose this next question to both of you. it's relative to what i'm reading by one of your colleagues, he writes, the bergdahl boomerang. gop leaders who long urged a rescue now sour on the idea specifically citing richard nugent. he told them in february they should do, quote, everything possible not to leave any members of the armed forces behind. the article specifically references an interview senator john mccain did in february. here's part of that. >> obviously i'd have to know the details, but i would support ways of bringing him home and if exchange was one of them, i think that would be something i think we should seriously consider. >> and then after the release last weekend senator mccain criticized the exchange as, quote, mistake. to both of you, ed, go first, when you look at the past statements the politicians made in february, is this a mistake?