is the right thing. some of the people that he may be looking at, i'm going the see, if we talk him out of that, because franklythe they are great people. >> so our nbc news headline on this from our fantastic colleague jonathan allen is, quote, caught in a gop war. trump picks both sides. how much longer can he do that, dave? >> well, i think he'll do it as long as it serves his own personal needs and desires. but what has to be straightened out for the republicans in the senate seats is, they have to be able to go forward and know that they can hopefully keep a majority. but a key to that is, as you were saying, they've got to pass tax reform. they are also going to come back as the president said, they will come back to health care next year. and that is going to be another issue, which is once again, going to be whether they can accomplish what they want to in health care. getting these things done, policy done, is critical. >> talking about tax reform, your boss knows a thing or two about this, this is something he wants to do for. nick mulvaney says if congress