is a unique idea that he keeps control, he has held a seat that trump won and if they didn't have joe manchin in office, democrats wouldn't have power in the senate. basically because he is a moderate and he is choosing to push certain positions including key democratic points. he is holding power over the legislative priorities. and if he's not on board they are not going to get past, that means that there's going to be more pressure, it's going to be the mansion show and we continue to see it today. >> there's also time question, donna, quickly on this. you went to the obama administration, it was in the negotiations for months and months and it pushed the passage date way down the road and make things more complicated, that was lost time. do you see history repeating itself right down? >> i do. i think it is a real lesson that basically, you have to see