i just went back and found an interview that i did with eric cantor six months ago. i asked him about something that i heard he said to his own rank and file after the shut down. he said, we have to stop eating our own. kind of ironic. >> i was thinking about that, because eric cantor was one of the most, if not the most, conservative. you say, it's fleeting. mark preston, where does this leave john boehner? >> certainly leaves him in a position where he doesn't have eric cantor -- look, eric cantor, let's say this, was an great ally of don boehner. at least he had eric cantor there. that separated him from the tea party masses. i think it's important to note that ari eric cantor lost this tonight. the tea party didn't win this race. however, in politics, perception is reality right now. and what you will see, and we've seen this already in the past couple of hours, we are all